MATERNAL-INFANT BONDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maternal-infant bonding mean? 

• MATERNAL-INFANT BONDING (noun)
  The noun MATERNAL-INFANT BONDING has 1 sense:

1. the attachment that forms between an infant and its mother beginning at birth

  Familiarity information: MATERNAL-INFANT BONDING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MATERNAL-INFANT BONDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The attachment that forms between an infant and its mother beginning at birth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Context example:

maternal-infant bonding influences the child's psychological and physical development

Hypernyms ("maternal-infant bonding" is a kind of...):

bonding (a close personal relationship that forms between people (as between husband and wife or parent and child))