maternity unit
noun[C]
uk/məˈtɜː.nə.ti ˌjuː.nɪt/us/məˈtɝː.nə.t̬i ˌjuː.nɪt/apartof ahospitalwhere wherebabiesarebornandtheirmothersare takencareof:
There is ashortageofmidwivesin Britain'smaternityunits.
Thehospital, aformermaternityunit, nowhouses60elderlypeople.
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delivery room
delivery suite
maternity ward
birth centre
- Only one of thehospitalshasitsownmaternityunit.
- Women wereinterviewedin thematernityunitafterdelivery.
- Expectantmotherssubjectto alongstayinhospitalwill be given thevaccinationin thematernityunit.
Obstetrics: birth
- antenatal
- antenatally
- Apgar score
- B, b
- birth centre
- birth partner
- birth rate
- bore
- breech
- childbearing
- delivery room
- hypnobirthing
- labour
- maternity suite
- matrescence
- midwifery
- multiparous
- newborn
- rooming-in
- stillborn
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