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maternity

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maternity [mə′tərn·əd·ē]
(biology)
Motherhood.
The state of being pregnant.


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young Spring Lies on the threshold of maternity, And still he comes not.
He is a man to fear scandal, and if he has given you a chance to put him in the pillory--in short, understand; threaten him with the ladies of the Maternity Hospital.
His sister, Miss Graves, who kept house for him, gave up her secretaryship of the Maternity Club, which provided the pregnant poor with flannel, baby linen, coals, and five shillings.
 
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