nasc-, nat-

(Latin: born, birth)

perinatology

A subspecialty of obstetrics concerned with the care of the mother and fetus at higher-than-normal risk for complications.

Since the perinatal period, depending on the definition, starts at the 20th to 28th week of gestation and ends one to four weeks after birth, perinatology logically could be an obstetrical and pediatric subspecialty but, in practice, it is part of obstetrics.

The comparable area of pediatrics is neonatology. A high-risk baby might be cared for by a perinatologist before birth and by a neonatologist after birth.

The word perinatology is a linguistic combination of the Greek peri-, "around" or "about" plus natal from the Latin natus, "born" plus ology from the Greek logos, "treatise" or "study of".

Pleasure, Charm, and Beauty in Human Life and in Nature

Greek: Graces (goddesses); Aglaia (brilliance); Euphrosyne (joy); Thalia (bloom)
Latin: (no equivalent goddess)

postnatal

pregnancy

pregnant

pregnantly

prenatal

Existing or occurring before birth with reference to the fetus.

preternatural

preternaturally

puny

Quod natura negat, reddere nemo potest.

What nature vetoes, no one can accomplish.

From Gaius Cornelius Gallus, in his Elegies. May we say that this is equivalent to "One who cannot pick up an ant and wants to pick up an elephant will some day see his folly"? -From George Herzog, in his Jabo Proverbs.

Quotes: Nature, Biology

The science of the living world: nature quotes.

renaissance

renascence

renascent

Related "birth, born, childbirth, offspring" words: abort-; feto-; lochio-; proli-; toco-, toko-.