noun
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A mother.
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A person related through the mother, or her side of the family; a maternal relative.
adjective
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Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly.
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His weakness seemed to bring out her maternal instincts.
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Related through the mother, or her side of the family.
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Toby is my maternal uncle.
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Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy.
Examples of maternal in a Sentence
Regardless of how irresponsible the woman was, she presumably possessed natural maternal instincts for her child.
You promise to tell me if your maternal instinct kicks in?
Was she filling a maternal role?
The apical senseorgan is used for temporary attachment to the maternal vestibule in which development takes place, but permanent fixation is effected by the oral surface.
Tiberius, however, soon became tired of the maternal yoke; his retirement to Capreae is said to have been caused by his desire to escape from her.
The young woman died in a suspicious fire at the age of 23, leaving 8-year-old Curtis to be raised by his maternal grandmother.
The maternal blood circulating around the placental villi is shown in red.
His life had been clouded from infancy by an ardent yearning for the maternal love he had never known.
I think that the biggest misconception about stay-at-home dads is that we could not possibly have that so called "maternal instincts".
For those who don't have any children, a chimp can also appeal to a person's maternal or paternal instincts.
In 2005, Beyoncé launched the House of Dereon clothing line, named for her maternal grandmother.
While critics originally complained the photo is obscene, officials ruled it is an appropriate tribute to maternal beauty.
Portman is her maternal grandmother's last name.
The anti-Rh antibodies from the preparation destroy fetal RBCs in the mother's blood before they can sensitize the maternal immune system.
Maternal health is a major factor in preventing birth defects.
I am also co-principal investigator on an ESRC-funded ethnographic study of evidence-based policy-making in international maternal health.
Cases of neonatal thrombocytopenia, of fetal or neonatal jaundice have been reported with maternal thiazide therapy.
The tracing resulted in 36 320 cows being assigned to 11 786 cow families with more than one cow per maternal lineage.
It was a very maternal remark, the kind made when an obstreperous boy had repeated a question for the hundredth time.
After a short time his father removed to the " rustic solitude " of Buriton (Hants), but young Gibbon lived chiefly at the house of his maternal grandfather at Putney, where, under the care of his devoted aunt, he developed, he tells us, that passionate love of reading " which he would not exchange for all the treasures of India," and where his mind received its most decided stimulus.
Longitudinal studies demonstrate that maternal smoking is associated with an increased incidence of wheezing illness, particularly at younger ages.
Michael's maternal grandparents were natives of Bermuda.
Maternal antibodies within the puppy will render the parvo virus ineffective, but the plummeting number of antibodies may not offer sufficient protection against parvo.
When a person receives both chromosomes from his or her mother, it is called "maternal uniparental disomy."
One chromosome 15 is inherited from the mother, or is maternal in origin.
The imprinting of this group of maternal genes does not typically cause disease.
Maternal uniparental disomy for chromosome 15 leads to PWS because the genes on chromosome 15 that should have been inherited from the father are missing, and the genes on both the chromosome 15s inherited from the mother are imprinted.
If a child has PWS due to maternal uniparental disomy, the chance the parents could have another child with PWS is less than 1 percent.
Although methylation testing can accurately diagnose PWS, it cannot determine if the PWS is caused by a deletion, maternal uniparental disomy, or a mutation that disrupts imprinting.
More specialized DNA testing is required to detect maternal uniparental disomy or a mutation that disrupts imprinting.
Maternal uniparental disomy-A chromosome abnormality in which both chromosomes in a pair are inherited from one's mother.
The bow tie chart separates the paternal and maternal ancestors onto separate sides of the chart.
Lines are drawn to the left to information about direct line maternal ancestors.
The position can be reversed with the maternal ancestors on the right and the paternal ancestors on the left.
This format is good to use when the amount of research available is just about equal on both the maternal and paternal sides.
The process starts with the purchase of a test kit which costs about $120 (2010 pricing) to trace the paternal or maternal line.
Maternal DNA or mitochondrial DNA, is contained on the X chromosome.
This benefits system also provides benefit compensation to those who are caring for a sick child or family member and those out of work due to maternal needs.
Family planning clinics also receive government money through Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program, the Maternal and Child Health and Social Services department, and other government programs dedicated to health care.
Euphoria Maternity offers maternity clothes from Japanese Weekend, Momzee, Belly Basics, and Maternal America.
This is most common in pregnancies that need to end in early delivery because of maternal health problems.
German measles (Rubella) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) are examples of maternal infections that may cause birth defects in the unborn child.
Your odds of having twins increase significantly if your mother or maternal grandmother was a fraternal twin or gave birth to fraternal twins.
My baby stirred within me today and were I not so bundled in winter garb the few times when I venture out, surely all the wagging tongues in town would know of my maternal state.
In the following year, by the death, of Ferdinand of Aragon, his maternal grandfather, and the incapacity of his mother Joanna, who had become hopelessly insane, he succeeded to the crowns of Castile and Aragon, which carried with them large possessions in Italy and the dominion, of the New World of America.
But Philip Howard, the son and heir, succeeded to the ancient earldom of Arundel in 1580, on the death of his maternal grandfather, while the Lord Lumley, his uncle by marriage, surrendered to him his life interest in the castle and honour of Arundel.
In the society of the members he assumed the name of "Isaac Bickerstaff," and later of "Gawin Douglas," the latter partly in memory of his maternal grandfather Douglas of Muthill (Perthshire), and partly to give point to his boast that he was a "poet sprung from a Douglas loin."
He was born (January 1, 1431) at Xativa, near Valencia in Spain, and his father's surname was Lanzol or Llancol; that of his mother's family, Borgia or Borja, was assumed by him on the elevation of his maternal uncle to the papacy as Calixtus III.
Russell in particular entered into close communication with the marquis de Ruvigny (Lady Russell's maternal uncle), who came over with money for distribution among members of parliament.
It was the cardinal Louis de Rohan, formerly ambassador at Vienna, whence he had been recalled in 1774, having incurred the queen's displeasure by revealing to the empress Maria Theresa the frivolous actions of her daughter, a disclosure which brought a maternal reprimand, and for having spoken lightly of Maria Theresa in a letter of which Marie Antoinette learned the contents.