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maternity

DEFINITIONS OF: maternity

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n the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother

Synonyms:
motherhood
Type of:
family relationship, kinship, relationship
(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

n the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother

Synonyms:
maternal quality, maternalism, motherliness
Type of:
parental quality
a quality appropriate to a parent

n the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

Synonyms:
gestation, pregnancy
Types:
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trouble
an unwanted pregnancy
gravidation, gravidity, gravidness
technical terms for pregnancy
gravida
the number of the pregnancy that a woman is in
para, parity
(obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
eccyesis, ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancy, metacyesis
pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus
entopic pregnancy
pregnancy resulting from normal gestation in the uterus
placenta previa
pregnancy in which the placenta is implanted in the lower part of the uterus (instead of the upper part); can cause bleeding late in pregnancy; delivery by cesarean section may be necessary
abdominal pregnancy
ectopic pregnancy in the abdominal cavity
ovarian pregnancy
ectopic pregnancy in the ovary
tubal pregnancy
ectopic pregnancy in a Fallopian tube
Type of:
physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state
the condition or state of the body or bodily functions
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