Concept cluster: Biology > Stages and conditions before
adj
(medicine) Developed after birth; not congenital.
adj
occurring or existing before birth
adj
(medicine) Antepartum.
adj
Describing the period before childbirth; antenatal
adj
Around the time of birth
adj
Occurring at the same time as birth.
n
birth control
n
(chiefly British spelling) alternative spelling of fertilization [The act or process of rendering fertile.]
n
(biology) A conservation technique for endangered species, in which young animals are raised artificially and subsequently released into the wild.
adj
(medicine) Between pregnancies.
adj
Between pregnancies.
adj
During parturition (childbirth; labor).
adj
In, pertaining to, or occurring during an advanced stage, especially of pregnancy.
n
atonia of the uterus following childbirth
adj
During gestation.
n
The middle period of a pregnancy
adj
In the middle of pregnancy; during pregnancy.
adj
During the fourth to sixth months of pregnancy
adv
At the time of birth.
adj
Of or pertaining to the period of time immediately following birth, or to the newborn.
adj
Near the time of birth
adj
In labour, about to give birth, or having recently given birth.
adj
(medicine) Occurring around the time of sexual intercourse.
adj
Around the time of conception
adj
Occurring around the time of conception.
adv
Around the time of conception.
adj
(biology) Around the time of conception.
adv
(biology) Around the time of conception.
adj
(medicine) Around the time of gestation.
adj
Around the time of implantation
adj
Before and/or after an implantation
adv
Around the time of birth.
adj
That occurs around the time of labor and childbirth (parturition) (typically, within a few weeks before, intrapartum, or within a few weeks after).
adj
Around the time of childbirth.
adj
Around the time of childbirth
adj
Surrounding (the time of) pregnancy
adj
Synonym of post-partum
adj
Pertaining to the period immediately after childbirth.
adj
Still not born after the usual period of gestation; exhibiting postmaturity.
n
The condition of a baby that has not yet been born after 42 weeks of gestation, two weeks beyond the normal 40.
adj
(proscribed) (of a mother) after giving birth
n
The period immediately following childbirth.
n
(psychiatry) Depression experienced by a parent, usually the mother, after childbirth.
adj
After labour in childbirth.
adj
Beyond the usual period of gestation.
adj
Alternative spelling of preplacode [that happens before the placode develops]
adj
Before abortion (termination of pregnancy).
adj
Before abortion (termination of pregnancy).
adj
Describing the moult that precedes the formation of a birds alternate plumage
adj
occurring before the opening of a flower
adj
Before augmentation.
adj
Before the birth of a baby.
adj
pertaining to or occurring during the period preceding a child's birth.
adj
Prior to blooming.
adj
Prior to breeding.
n
A period before childhood.
adj
(medicine) Describing the period of a disease before any symptoms appear
adj
(medicine) Preconceptional.
adj
Before conception
adv
Prior to conceiving a child.
n
precopulatory behaviour (in male fish)
n
An obsolete theory that supposed the whole body to be predelineated at a small size in the spermatozoon.
adj
Before a delivery.
adj
Prior to diapause.
adj
Before eclampsia.
adj
Prior to becoming fertile
adj
Before becoming fertile.
adj
Prior to fertilization
adj
(botany) Prior to flowering
adj
Prior to gavage
adj
Prior to the discovery of genetics.
adj
(psychiatry) Describing psychosexual development prior to the genital phase
n
(psychiatry) The pregenital phase of development.
adv
In the pregenital period
adj
Before gestation.
adj
Before gestation.
adv
Before gestation.
adj
(medicine) Prior to pregnancy.
n
A period before growth begins
adj
Before the hatching of an egg
adj
Prior to the insect imago stage.
adj
(medicine) Prior to implantation.
adj
(zoology) Before the juvenile stage.
adj
Prior to the labor of childbirth.
n
The period before labour begins.
adj
Before feeding on milk
adj
Before a bird lays eggs.
adj
Before the start of life
adj
Before the evolution of mammals.
adj
Prior to maternity.
adj
(biology) Before mating.
adj
Prior to maturation
n
Something that is premature or occurs prematurely.
adv
Before meiosis.
adj
That occurs before the onset of menstruation
adv
Before the onset of menstruation.
adj
Before the menarche
adj
Before meningitis.
adv
Before menstruation or its initial onset.
adj
Before the start of life.
adj
Prior to mutation.
adj
Being or happening before birth.
adj
Prior to oviposition.
adj
Prior to ovulation.
adj
Prior to parenthood.
adj
(medicine) Prepartum.
adv
(medicine) Before childbirth.
adj
Before giving birth; prenatal.
adj
Prior to parturition
adj
Before the onset of pregnancy.
adj
Prior to pregnancy.
adj
Before puberty.
adv
Before puberty.
adj
Before puberty.
adj
Before the age at which a person begins puberty.
adv
During the period of life before the age a person is first capable of sexual reproduction; before puberty.
adj
Prior to being reproductive
adj
Before the onset of senescence.
adj
Before a period of sleep.
adj
Before the onset of splenomegaly.
adj
Of a premature birth or baby.
n
The condition of being preterm
adj
Prior to stimulation of the testes
adv
Before development of the thymus.
adj
Before the onset of typhoid.
adj
Before the development or use of ultrasound.
adj
Before a vasectomy.
n
(medicine, informal) Short for placenta previa.
adj
Before the voiding of the bladder.
n
A female during her first pregnancy
adj
pregnant for the first time
adj
(biology, medicine) Relating to the time before gestation; pregestational.
adv
During childbirth.
v
To conceive after a prior conception, but before the birth of the offspring.

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