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Meaning
Adj
●
Of or
pertaining
to a
mother
; having the
characteristics
of a
mother
;
mother
ly.
●
In Family:
Related through the
mother
, or her
side
of the family.
●
In Anatomy, Medicine & Female family members:
Derived from the
mother
as opposed to
the
foetus
during pregnancy.
Noun
●
A mother.
●
In Family:
A person related through the
mother
, or her
side
of the family; a
maternal
relative.
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Antonyms
Fatherly
Paternal
Fetal
Foetal
Related
Motherly
Parental
Familial
Reproductive
Prenatal
Nurturing
Perinatal
Biological
Postnatal
Neonatal
Caregiving
Pregnancy
Fertility
Mothers
Placental
Fetal
Mother
Antenatal
Newborn
Gestational
Infant
Adoptive
Genetic
Filial
Birth
Breastfeeding
Postpartum
Care
Adolescent
Childbirth
Sexual
Infants
Hormonal
Obstetric
Infertility
Affectionate
Fecundity
Birthweight
Nutrition
Births
Mortality
Pregnancies
Hereditary
Masculine
Childhood
Child
Protective
Virile
Reproductive Health
Birth Weight
Infant Mortality
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Rhymes
Vernal
Kernel
Ternal
Sternal
Eternal
Colonel
Journal
Infernal
Paternal
Maternal
External
Supernal
Asternal
Nocturnal
Fraternal
Hodiernal
Hesternal
Hyosternal
Presternal
Substernal
Midsternal
Episternal
Peristernal
Antesternal
Mesosternal
Parasternal
Metasternal
Coxosternal
Poststernal
Latisternal
Infrasternal
Costosternal
Suprasternal
Supersternal
Transsternal
Intersternal
Retrosternal
Coracosternal
Chondrosternal
Vertebrosternal
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