Crossword clues for maternity
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
maternity \ma*ter"ni*ty\, a.
Of or pertaining to childbirth or the period during which a woman is pregnant; as, maternity care; a maternity hospital.
For use during pregnancy; as, a maternity outfit.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, "quality or condition of being a mother," from French maternité "motherhood" (15c.), from Medieval Latin maternitatem (nominative maternitas) "motherhood," from Latin maternus (see maternal). Used from 1893 as a quasi-adjective in reference to garments designed for pregnant women.
Wiktionary
n. 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.
WordNet
n. the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus [syn: pregnancy, gestation]
the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother [syn: motherhood]
the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother; "the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children" [syn: motherliness, maternalism, maternal quality]
Wikipedia
Maternity is a dramatic three act play that opened January 6, 1915, at the Princess Theatre on Broadway starring Richard Bennett.
An English language version of Eugène Brieux's French play, Maternité (1904), the work was translated by Benjamin F. Blanchard. The play's book was adapted by Richard Bennett, whose Purpose Play Society produced.
Unlike Damaged Goods, Bennett's previous socially conscious play by Brieux, Maternity was not an artistic or financial success. Despite special matinées, which were well patronized in the final week, the production ran for only 21 performances before closing.
Maternity is being a mother.
Maternity also may refer to:
- Maternity leave, absence authorized in light of an approaching and/or recent birth
- "Maternity" (House), episode of the television series
- Maternity (play) (1915)
Usage examples of "maternity".
After lunch Lady Conant talked to her explicitly of maternity as that is achieved in cottages and farm-houses remote from aid, and of the duty thereto of the mistress of Pardons.
Ministry had refused to issue a permit there had been no further suggestion of maternity, and Rosalie had withdrawn from the public eye to her villa near Corbeil, whence she wrote and sent parcels to the prisoner at frequent intervals.
Nature herself probably was dreaming of that first maternity when she evolved the Surinam toad of the isthmian countries to the south of here, that fantastic toad which bears its babes through the skin of its back.
American Relief Committee the story of this work, and Geoffrey Dodge sent thirty complete layettes, bran-new, four big cases, four gunny-sack bags, full of clothing for men, women, and children, special brands of milk for young mothers in our maternity hospital.
Nomes which worshipped a goddess had no scruples whatever in ascribing to her the part played by Atumu, and in crediting her with the spontaneous maternity of Shu and Tafnuit.
Her maternity outfit was a pale gray washable silk, palazzo pants, a long tunic, with tricky buttons and flaps.
James Bolivar diGriz and I was born a little over seventeen years ago in this very city in the Mother Machree Maternity Hospital for Unemployed Porcuswineherders.
There he was informed that Marcie had been transferred upstairs to the maternity ward and that her doctor was on his way.
Lauren was wearing a new maternity top that, to my eye, had enough gussets sewn into the front to permit her to carry quintuplets to term.
Her anxieties at work she could now see were trival - whether Heaven Arkwright was taking advantage of her absence, whether Heather would actually come back to her desk after maternity leave, was unimportant.
By the time maternity leave was over they had clearly needed her at the office, and so she had started working again, sharing the care of Nick with Charlie and some baby-sitters, and eventually a day-care center in a building in Bethesda, near the Metro stop.
Central Maternity Hospital paediatric wing, no matter what condition he was in.
The crown of wifehood and maternity is purer, more divine, than that of the maiden.
Four maternity nurses and two pediatric nurses hurried about, hooking up the suction, counting lap sponges and packages of sutures, and resetting dials on the newborn resuscitation cart.
The center would cease to exist, the patients would return to her maternity unit, and the hospital would have enough money to keep both departments open.