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ma·ter·nal
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avunculate
the custom in some societies of assigning rights and duties to a maternal uncle concerning his sister's son -
chorionic villus
one of the branching outgrowths of the chorion that, together with maternal tissue, form the placenta. -
earth mother
the earth conceived of as the female principle of fertility and the source of all life. -
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fetal alcohol syndrome
a pattern of birth defects caused by maternal consumption of alcohol during pregnancy: considered as one of the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Abbreviation: FAS. -
hemotroph
the material from the maternal bloodstream and placenta that nourishes a mammalian embryo.