Maternity — synonyms, definition

1. maternity (Noun)

gestation maternal quality maternalism motherhood motherliness pregnancy

maternity (Noun) — The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing foetus in her uterus.

maternity (Noun) — The kinship relation between an offspring and the mother.

maternity (Noun) — The quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother.

family relationship kinship parental quality physical condition physiological condition physiological state relationship eccyesis ectopic gestation ectopic pregnancy entopic pregnancy extrauterine gestation extrauterine pregnancy gravida gravidation gravidity gravidness metacyesis para parity placenta previa trouble childbed cleavage confinement labor labour lying-in morning sickness parturiency quickening segmentation travail maternal amnio amniocentesis endometrium fetal movement foetal movement phlebothrombosis stretch mark venous thrombosis