Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Formed in advance of mental conception or actual knowledge.
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Examples
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Family planning services includes preconceptional counseling, education, and general reproductive health care including diagnosis and treatment of infections which threaten reproductive capability.
Law In The Health and Human Services Donald T. Dickson 1995
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So when a recent American study found that preconceptional folate supplementation could reduce the risk for early spontaneous preterm delivery 50-70 per cent we hoped to confirm these findings in another big cohort study.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The researchers found that preconceptional psychological distress was a strong predictor of infant night waking, irrespective of effects of postnatal depression, bedroom sharing and other confounding factors.
Medindia Health News 2009
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