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ma•ter
(mā′tər),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ters, -tres (-trēz).USA pronunciation
- Informal Terms, British Terms[Brit. Informal.]mother1.
- Informal Terms, British Termsthe backing holding the movable parts of an astrolabe.
- Latin māter
- 1585–95
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-mater-, root.
- -mater- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "mother.'' This meaning is found in such words as: maternal, maternity, matriarch, matricide, matrimony, matrix, matron.
'mater' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Magna Mater
- Mater Turrita
- Matralia
- Megalesia
- Penderecki
- Pergolesi
- Stabat Mater
- Terra Mater
- alma mater
- arachnoid
- cerebrospinal fluid
- college try
- cummer
- dura
- dura mater
- dural
- emissary
- endocranium
- epidural
- falx
- madrepore
- mater dolorosa
- maternal
- maternalize
- maternity leave
- matri-
- matrimony
- matrix
- matron
- matter
- meninges
- meningitis
- mother
- nonmaternal
- pia mater
- pial
- prematernity
- quasi-maternal
- subdural
- tomentum
- unmaternal