co-maternity
co-maternity · co-maternities
The state of being a co-motherThe state of being a co-mother; a mother to a child carried by another partner through reciprocal IVF (in vitro fertilization where one female partner supplies the ovum and the other carries the pregnancy).
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The state of being a co-mother; a mother to a child carried by another partner through reciprocal IVF (in vitro fertilization where one female partner supplies the ovum and the other carries the pregnancy).
Origin
From co- + maternity.From co- + maternity.
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Forms
plural: co-maternities| Singular | co-maternity |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable