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maternity

noun

Meaning

  1. The state of being a mother; motherhood.
  2. The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.
  3. A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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