maternal

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly.

   “His weakness seemed to bring out her maternal instincts.”

2. sıfat Related through the mother, or her side of the family.

   “Toby is my maternal uncle.”

3. sıfat Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy.

   “The facts which have now been stated warrant, I think, the conclusion, that the human placenta does not consist of two parts, maternal and fœtal, that no cells exist in its substance, and that there is no communication between the uterus and the placenta by large arteries and veins.”

4. isim A mother.
5. isim A person related through the mother, or her side of the family; a maternal relative.

   “My maternals were Huguenots on the lamb from the Duque de Guise and his cronies.”