postnatal

1859, post- +‎ natal.^[1]

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postnatal (not comparable)

1. after being born, of or pertaining to the period immediately after birth (of a baby)
2. (proscribed) (of a mother) after giving birth

In careful usage postnatal refers to the baby, after being born, while the mother, after giving birth, is referred to as postpartum. In casual usage postnatal may be used for both.

• (give birth): postpartum

• prenatal
• (antonym(s) of “be born”): postpartum

• postnatal depression

postnatal (feminine postnatale, masculine plural postnataux, feminine plural postnatales)

1. postnatal

• “postnatal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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• Rhymes: -aːl

postnatal (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular postnataler, not comparable)

1. postnatal

   Antonym: pränatal

• postpartal

Borrowed from French postnatal.

postnatal m or n (feminine singular postnatală, masculine plural postnatali, feminine and neuter plural postnatale)

1. postnatal

• IPA^(key): /posdnaˈtal/ [pozð̞.naˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: post‧na‧tal

postnatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural postnatales)

1. postnatal

• “postnatal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28