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...

Maternal death or maternal mortality is defined in slightly different ways by several different health organizations. The World Health Organization (WHO)...

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...

Maternal deprivation is a scientific term summarising the early work of psychiatrist and psychoanalyst John Bowlby on the effects of separating infants...

Maternal health is the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. In most cases, maternal health encompasses the health...

physically separate maternal and fetal circulations, and is an important endocrine organ, producing hormones that regulate both maternal and fetal physiology...

Maternal–fetal medicine (MFM), also known as perinatology, is a branch of medicine that focuses on managing health concerns of the mother and fetus prior...

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...

Maternalism is the public expression of domestic values associated with motherhood. It centers on the language of motherhood to justify women's political...

Maternal (Spanish: Hogar) is a 2019 Italian-Argentine drama film co-written and directed by Maura Delpero, in her narrative directorial debut. Denise Carrizo...