matrescence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process of becoming (and coming to inhabit the role of) a mother.

Word forms

matrescence

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin mātrēscēns, mātrēscō (“to become a mother”).

Related words

matrescent patrescence patrescent
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