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Maternity

//məˈtɜː(ɹ)nɪti// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being a mother; motherhood. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being pregnant; pregnancy. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother wordnet
  5. 5
    A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born. countable, uncountable

    "She's working in maternity this month."

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  1. 6
    the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus wordnet

Etymology

From French maternité, from Latin māternitās.

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