Maternal

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
MAT
Pronunciation
/məˈtərnəl/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology

Examples in Context

  1. She had little maternal instinct
  2. Maternal(MAT) smoking can damage the unborn child.
  3. Her maternal grandfather was Mayor of Karachi.
  4. Her feelings towards him were almost maternal.
  5. Genetic abnormalities are more often associated with faults in paternal DNA than in maternal DNA.

Other meanings of MAT