postnatal depression — UK US noun [uncountable] a mental illness in which a woman feels very sad after her baby is born Thesaurus: pregnancy and having a babyhyponym specific mental illnesses and general words for mental illnesshyponym … Useful english dictionary
postnatal depression — postnatal de pression noun uncount POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
postnatal depression — see baby blues, puerperal depression … Medical dictionary
postnatal depression — /poʊstˌneɪtl dəˈprɛʃən/ (say pohst.naytl duh preshuhn) noun a severe depression, often long lasting, sometimes experienced by women after childbirth. Also, PND …
postnatal depression — noun (U) an illness in which a woman feels depressed (1) after her baby has been born … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
postnatal depression — UK / US noun [uncountable] British a mental illness in which a woman feels very sad after her baby is born … English dictionary
postnatal — [[t]po͟ʊstne͟ɪt(ə)l[/t]] also post natal ADJ: ADJ n Postnatal means happening after and relating to the birth of a baby. One study suggests that nearly 40 per cent of women suffer postnatal depression... After the birth, midwives on the postnatal … English dictionary
postnatal — post|na|tal [ˌpəustˈneıtl US ˌpoust ] adj [only before noun] relating to the time after a baby is born ▪ postnatal care ▪ postnatal depression (=an illness in which a woman feels very unhappy and tired after her baby is born) … Dictionary of contemporary English
postnatal — [ˌpəʊs(t)ˈneɪt(ə)l] adj relating to the period of time after the birth of a baby postnatal depression[/ex] • See: antenatal … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Postnatal — (Latin for after birth , from post meaning after and natalis meaning of birth ) is the period beginning immediately after the birth of a child and extending for about six weeks. Another term would be postpartum period, as it refers to the mother… … Wikipedia
