antenatal care Medical surveillance and review performed during pregnancy for the early detection of possible complications of pregnancy, especially pre-eclamptic toxaemia (see PRE-ECLAMPSIA) and uterine and fetal abnormalities.
The closest phrase listed in the dictionary is âbeauty contestâ which is defined as: an assemblage of girls or women at which judges select the most beautiful âcalled also beauty pageant. This definition barely grazes the surface. b: an ostentatious display.
âNow itâs a big business,â said Gravel. âThereâs a pageant every week.â. Lisa Barefield, marketing director for Henriâs Cloud Nine in Minerva, Ohio, which is dressing four girls competing in the 2014 Miss USA pageant, said sheâs seen custom dresses cost $8,000 to $10,000 each âfor the big pageants.â.