maternal

  1. Adjective.  Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother, motherly.
  2. Adjective.  Related through the mother, or her side of the family.
  3. Adjective.  (anatomy, medicine) Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy.

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