adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
infant/child/maternal/adult mortality
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an appallingly high infant mortality rate number of babies who die
maternal instinct (= the instinct of a mother )
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Kate's maternal instinct told her to pick the child up and comfort it.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
age
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As Appendix Table A. 10 shows, in the communities studies, rising maternal age has an increasingly deleterious effect on viability.
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As mentioned above, the rate of reduction in the level of infant mortality was not uniform in each maternal age group.
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It should be noted that, jointly with maternal age , parity is also associated with maternal mortality.
death
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Each extra year of school also reduces the birthrate and cuts maternal deaths .
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Illegal abortion was the leading cause of maternal death before Roe v. Wade.
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Ayear after the ban was lifted, the number of maternal deaths fell by half.
depression
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Behavioural problems at 3-4 years of age have also been associated with maternal depression , both concurrent and postnatal.
grandfather
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We are to christen this child Pilade, being the name of Ferdinando's maternal grandfather whom he wishes to honour.
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He inherited the honorary title from his maternal grandfather , William Harold Pearson.
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Her background was middle-class, cultured, my maternal grandfather being a rabbi.
grandmother
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It was the only time in her life that she had noticed her maternal grandmother at a disadvantage, on the defensive.
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Pataki later revealed that his maternal grandmother and an uncle had entered the country illegally.
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My maternal grandmother was a strong-willed woman.
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My maternal grandmother , Ke-Son, was the only other person who went with him, as had been planned.
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Three drops of herbal potion placed on my tongue by my maternal grandmother saved my life.
grandparent
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E.'s maternal grandparents applied for residence and contact orders and on 18 February 1992 all the applications were consolidated.
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Her maternal grandparents had come to New York for the occasion.
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Dorothy, the eldest, went to the maternal grandparents , where she stayed for a number of years.
health
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And these patterns determine, at least inpart, the viability of the offspring, infant and childhood mortality conditions and maternal health .
instinct
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Pity probably, and an over-developed maternal instinct .
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They would think her maternal instinct outraged at the extraction of her child?
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The maternal instinct can't be dumped, even when you've got rid of your baby.
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A strong maternal instinct takes over.
love
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The sensible diet and strict routine also did him good, but the surrogate maternal love was best of all.
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They're depriving their children of the maternal love that is the child's by right.
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There had been no gush of maternal love .
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He didn't know how it had happened, but Sarah was giving all her maternal love to the wrong child.
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She could see no sign of maternal love in her daughter.
mortality
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The real frequency of worldwide maternal mortality may be as much as three to five times higher than this ratio.
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In some places, it meant maternal mortality and female infanticide.
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None the less, the London Bills of Mortality suggest that maternal mortality halved from 1700 to 1800.
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It should be noted that, jointly with maternal age, parity is also associated with maternal mortality .
smoking
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In other studies information on maternal smoking during pregnancy was not available.
uncle
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His maternal uncle , William Dauney, had been an architect in Aberdeen.
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Even during the operation, performed by other maternal uncles , there is much talking, humour and giving of advice.
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What is to be made of this extraordinary permissiveness on the part of the maternal uncle ?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Maternal smoking increases the risk of low birth weight.
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Aunt Mary was a large, maternal woman who worked as a nurse in a children's hospital.
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I get sort of maternal when I'm around those kids.
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Lack of maternal love can have a profound effect on a child's psychological development.
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My oldest sister, Roberta, used to fuss over me in a rather maternal manner.
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The older girls seemed to feel quite maternal towards the younger ones.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Also, he has the confidence to let me know when I use my maternal prerogative to automatically overrule him.
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At first, reading this passage I let out a gasp: I had never seen maternal ambivalence described on the page.
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His maternal uncle, William Dauney, had been an architect in Aberdeen.
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Our results pertain to a sample of 101 subjects, in many of whom the birth weight was obtained by maternal recall.
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The content of the false self rises out of maternal expectations and claims.
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They would think her maternal instinct outraged at the extraction of her child?
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Though maternal age and birth order have an independent effect on the viability of the fetus, that act together.