prenatal checkup; pregnancy checkup; prenatal care
Medical term for routine health examinations during pregnancy. Often used in the context of public health services and maternal care.
It is important to have regular prenatal checkups.
市から妊婦健診の補助券が届きました。
I received a subsidy voucher for pregnancy checkups from the city.
Refers to perinatal care, a broader medical field covering late pregnancy, childbirth, and the newborn period, while 妊婦健診 specifically means prenatal checkups.
Refers to prenatal diagnosis (testing for fetal abnormalities), which is a specific medical procedure, distinct from routine pregnancy checkups.
Compound of 妊婦 (pregnant woman) + 健診 (health checkup), a straightforward modern medical term.