The treatment of people in a motherly manner, especially by caring for them as a mother would care for her children.

Quality of being maternal.

plural of maternalism

plural of maternal

A surname from German.

plural of Matern

The quality of being maternal.

The death of a woman that occurs directly related to the procreative process; obstetric death.

The brother or brother-in-law of one’s mother.

A sister of one's mother. / A sister-in-law of one's mother; the wife or ex-wife of a maternal uncle. / (imprecise) A similar great aunt, etc.