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MATERNITY WARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maternity ward mean? 

MATERNITY WARD (noun)
  The noun MATERNITY WARD has 1 sense:

1. a hospital ward that provides care for women during pregnancy and childbirth and for newborn infantsplay

  Familiarity information: MATERNITY WARD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MATERNITY WARD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("maternity ward" is a kind of...):

hospital ward; ward (block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care)


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