 maternity |
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| 1. | [ noun ] the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother | |
| Synonyms: | maternal_quality maternalism motherliness | |
| Examples: | "the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children" |
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| Related terms: | parental_quality maternal | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (obstetrics) the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus | |
| Synonyms: | gestation pregnancy | |
| Related terms: | physiological_state para placenta_previa trouble gravida gravidity ectopic_pregnancy entopic_pregnancy labor quickening morning_sickness cleavage phlebothrombosis stretch_mark fetal_movement endometrium bear | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother | |
| Synonyms: | motherhood | |
| Related terms: | kinship | |
| Similar spelling: |
Mattern maternally maternal modernity maternalism |
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