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adjectiverelating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
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"my maternal grandmother"adjectiverelated on the mother's side
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"warm maternal affection for her guest"adjectivecharacteristic of a mother
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"maternal genes"relating to or derived from one's mother
Definition that contains maternal
- motherly in a maternal manner; as a mother
- unilateral tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only
- synapsis the side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis
- matrilineage line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family
- gynogenesis female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus
- erythroblastosis fetalis severe anemia in newborn babies; the result of Rh incompatibility between maternal and fetal blood; typically occurs when the child of an Rh-negative mother inherits Rh-positive blood from the father; can be diagnosed before birth by amniocentesis
- matronymic a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor
- frank breech position of a fetus in which the buttocks are present at the maternal pelvic outlet
- maternalistic showing maternal instincts
- metronymic a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor