n, pl  -ties  :  a hospital facility designed for the care of women before and during childbirth and for the care of newborn babies
adj :  of or relating to pregnancy or the period close to and including childbirth <a home>  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  motor unit 
 
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