What is another word for before birth?

Pronunciation: [bɪfˌɔː bˈɜːθ] (IPA)

Before birth can be referred to in many ways, depending on the context. In medical terms, it may be called the prenatal period, while in informal conversations, it may be referred to as the pre-birth stage. Similarly, the term fetal period is used in the embryological context. Other synonyms for before birth include the incubation period, gestation, or pregnancy. The term antenatal may refer to any period before the delivery of a child, including prenatal and postnatal stages. In summary, there are many different ways to refer to the period before birth, with each term having its unique contextual usage.

What are the hypernyms for Before birth?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Before birth

  • How come life is so important in the nine months before birth, but then we sort of forget about the importance, we're not worried about whether that baby lives in poverty once he or she is born.
    Birch Bayh
  • The abortion license has not brought freedom and security to women. Rather, it has ushered in a new era of irresponsibility toward women and children, one that now begins before birth.
    Robert Casey
  • Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom rung. My life is a hesitation before birth.
    Franz Kafka
  • If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom rung. My life is a hesitation before birth.
    Franz Kafka
  • From the standpoint of logic, a child is rather horribly perfect.The thought processes of an infant are completely unimaginable. But babies think, even before birth.Nothing human is alien. But a baby is not human. An embryo is far less human. That, perhaps, was why Emma learned more from the toys than did Scott. He could communicate his thoughts, of course; Emma could not, except in cryptic fragments. The matter of the scrawls, for example —  Give a young child pencil and paper, and he will draw something which looks different to him than to an adult. The absurd scribbles have little resemblance to a fire engine, to a baby. Perhaps it is even three-dimensional. Babies think differently and see differently.
    Lewis Padgett

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