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maternal

[muh-tur-nl] / məˈtɜr nl /
ADJECTIVE
motherly
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Frank Perez said he and his wife had been working with Callan’s maternal grandmother to get custody of the boy, but the court had kept him fully in his dad’s custody.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

The World Health Organisation said that when midwives were educated to international standards — and when midwifery includes family planning — they could prevent more than 80% of maternal deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

The findings also shed light on how certain Neanderthal maternal lineages were distributed across western Eurasia.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

“How can we lower Black maternal health experiences if we’re cutting funds for these critical programs?”

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

These maternal factors are made and placed in the egg by the mother fly.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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