MATERNITY
\mətˈɜːnɪti], \mətˈɜːnɪti], \m_ə_t_ˈɜː_n_ɪ_t_i]\
Definitions of MATERNITY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother; "the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children"
By Princeton University
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. Motherhood. 2. A lying-in hospital, or institution in which women are cared for during their confinement and the puerperal period.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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