English-Portuguese translations for maternal

• maternal
  Há uma ligação clara entre a mortalidade maternal e a autodeterminação. There is a clear link between maternal mortality and self-determination.
  É evidente por si mesmo: o investimento em cuidados de saúde reduz a mortalidade maternal. It is self-evident: investment in health care reduces maternal mortality.
  A obesidade e a diabetes maternal representam um risco acrescido de morbidez e mortalidade maternal e também neonatal. Obesity and maternal diabetes represent an increased risk of maternal and also neonatal morbidity and mortality.
• materno
  Praticamente, não há um país em África que esteja a caminho de alcançar os Objectivos de Desenvolvimento do Milénio em matéria de saúde materno-infantil. Virtually no country in Africa is on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goals for child and maternal health.
  Nesse processo, devemos corrigir uma falha grave do programa-quadro, relativa ao financiamento da investigação em matéria de saúde materno-infantil. In doing so, we should address a serious failure under FP7 to provide funding for research in maternal and child health.

Definition of maternal

• Of or pertaining to a mother#Noun|mother; having the characteristic#Noun|characteristics of a mother; motherly
• related#Adjective|Related through the mother, or her side#Noun|side of the family
• Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy
• A mother#Noun|mother
• A person related#Adjective|related through the mother, or her side#Noun|side of the family; a maternal relative#Noun|relative

Examples

• His weakness seemed to bring out her maternal instincts
• Toby is my maternal uncle

Related words

• maternally
• antimaternal
• maternalization
• maternalisation
• maternalism
• allomaternal
• maternalistic
• maternal grandmother
• maternal grandfather