maternity ward

Noun

Meaning

a hospital ward that provides care for women during pregnancy and childbirth and for newborn infants

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

ward maternity hospital clinic nursery maternity blood bank delivery room birthing center antenatal clinic birthing suite labour ward obstetrics ward delivery suite labor and delivery maternity unit
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Antonyms

ICU cemetery hospice crematorium morgue funeral home
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Hypernyms

ward hospital ward

Examples

For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward. Erma Bombeck

As for critics, one mediocre writer is more valuable than ten good critics. They are like haughty, barren spinsters lodged in a maternity ward. Peter Greenaway

A maternity ward in Tanzania (file photo). Source: Internet

"Apparently, we have two oxygen concentrators whereby one is put in the theatre and the other in the maternity ward. Source: Internet

In November 2016, Sasha attended her first pregnancy scan, and Ricketts was waiting outside the maternity ward at Poole Hospital. Source: Internet

She also shared that the atmosphere of the maternity ward, was "eerily quiet from us not being allowed visitors or family at this time, but strangely serene." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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