mother-to-child
From parent downward
Mother-to-child describes transmission from a pregnant or nursing woman to her baby.
The term appears almost exclusively in medical contexts discussing how infections pass during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding: mother-to-child transmission of HIV, preventing mother-to-child infection.
The hyphenated form functions as a compound adjective.
AIDS-causing retrovirus
- verticalAt right angles groundward
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
- preventionStopping something before occurring
antiretroviral · perinatal · childbirth · infection · placenta · viral · screening · prophylaxis
Connection or fondness
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- skin-to-skinUnclothed bodily touching
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
lullaby · cradling · responsive · secure · emotional · oxytocin · holding · comforting
Relating to heredity
- inheritedReceived from forebears
- passedWent beyond or succeeded
- traitsDistinguishing personal features
- DNAHereditary code molecule
chromosomes · bloodline · ancestry · familial · generational · congenital · predisposition · lineage
HIV
AIDS-causing retrovirus
- verticalAt right angles groundward
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
prevention · antiretroviral · perinatal · childbirth · infection · placenta · viral · screening · prophylaxis · delivery
attachment
Connection or fondness
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- skin-to-skinUnclothed bodily touching
soothing · lullaby · cradling · responsive · secure · emotional · oxytocin · holding · comforting · imprinting
genetic
Relating to heredity
- inheritedReceived from forebears
- passedWent beyond or succeeded
- traitsDistinguishing personal features
DNA · chromosomes · bloodline · ancestry · familial · generational · congenital · predisposition · lineage · genes
- disease spreadairborne, bloodborne, contact, droplets, fecal-oral
- HIV/AIDSHIV, AIDS, AIDS crisis, AIDS quilt, antiretrovirals
mother-to-childpeer-to-peer
Serverless network architecture
person-to-person · community transmission · sexual transmission · vector-borne · airborne transmission
mother, child, mothers, children, motherly, motherhood, maternal, maternity, matriarch