maternofetaladj.
/məˌtəːnəʊˈfiːtl/, U.S. /məˈˌtərnoʊˈfidl/ Of, relating to, or involving both the mother and the fetus; spec. passed from the mother to the fetus, or occurring in this direction. Cf. fetomaternal adj.
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1832 Lancet 30 June 405/2 When the materno-fœtal separation occurs, the child has to purify blood for itself.
1850 T. D. Mitchell Materia Medica & Therapeutics 666 The ergot of rye affects the life of the child, either as a direct poison or by interfering with the materno-fœtal circulation.
1896 Chicago Med. Recorder 11 47 That there is a trophic center, a materno-fetal center, between mother and fetus needs no argument.
1912 Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Dis. Women & Children 65 385 Thus we see that the principal causes are mechanical and infectious; maternofetal toxi-infections, especially syphilis; premature and complicated labor.
1959 Jrnl. Chronic Dis. 10 305 It has hitherto been thought that exchange occurs only in the opposite direction—from fetus to mother. The mechanism of the maternofetal exchange is not clear.
1997 Amer. Family Physician (Nexis) 15 Feb. 960 The study included 15 healthy women in labor under epidural anesthesia who had no signs of maternofetal infection or unexplained vaginal bleeding.
2007 J. W. Keeling & T. Yee Khong Fetal & Neonatal Pathol. iii. 57 The terminal villi [of the placenta] are the sites for maternofetal and fetomaternal exchanges.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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