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becoming a
mother has been
referred to as "matrescence". The
adjective "
maternal"
refers to a
mother and
comparatively to "paternal" for a father. The verb...
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Maternal death or
maternal mortality is
defined in
slightly different ways by
several different health organizations. The
World Health Organization (WHO)...
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Maternal instinct may
refer to: The
maternal bond that
forms between a
mother and her
child "
Maternal Instinct" (Stargate SG-1), a 2000
episode from the...
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Maternal health is the
health of
women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the
postpartum period. In most cases,
maternal health encomp****es the health...
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Maternalism is the
public expression of
domestic values ****ociated with motherhood. It
centers on the
language of
motherhood to
justify women's political...
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Maternal deprivation is a
scientific term
summarising the
early work of
psychiatrist and
psychoanalyst John
Bowlby on the
effects of
separating infants...
- A
maternal effect is a
situation where the
phenotype of an
organism is
determined not only by the
environment it
experiences and its genotype, but also...
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physically separate maternal and
fetal circulations, and is an
important endocrine organ,
producing hormones that
regulate both
maternal and
fetal physiology...
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Maternal sensitivity is a mother's
ability to
perceive and
infer the
meaning behind her infant's
behavioural signals, and to
respond to them
promptly and...
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Maternal care may
refer to: in humans: Obstetrics,
medical specialty concerning pregnancy and
childbirth Midwifery,
healthcare provided during and following...
