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Definition of Maternal

Maternal
Maternal Ma*ter"nal, a. [F. maternel, L. maternus, fr. mater mother. See Mother.] Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness. Syn: See Motherly.

Meaning of Maternal from wikipedia

- becoming a mother has been referred to as "matrescence". The adjective "maternal" refers to a mother and comparatively to "paternal" for a father. The verb...
- Maternal death or maternal mortality is defined in slightly different ways by several different health organizations. The World Health Organization (WHO)...
- Maternal instinct may refer to: The maternal bond that forms between a mother and her child "Maternal Instinct" (Stargate SG-1), a 2000 episode from the...
- Maternal deprivation is a scientific term summarising the early work of psychiatrist and psychoanalyst John Bowlby on the effects of separating infants...
- Maternal health is the health of people during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. In most cases, maternal health encomp****es the health...
- physically separate maternal and fetal circulations, and is an important endocrine organ, producing hormones that regulate both maternal and fetal physiology...
- Maternalism is the public expression of domestic values ****ociated with motherhood. It centers on the language of motherhood to justify women's political...
- A maternal effect is a situation where the phenotype of an organism is determined not only by the environment it experiences and its genotype, but also...
- Fetal-maternal haemorrhage is the loss of fetal blood cells into the maternal circulation. It takes place in normal pregnancies as well as when there...
- A maternal bond is the relationship between a biological mother/caregiver and her child or baby. While typically ****ociated with pregnancy and childbirth...