See Also: mortality rate, maternal(medicine)
maternal mortality rate(medicine)
rate, maternal mortality(medicine)
Maternal mortality(health)
maternal mortality(medicine)
Mortality Rate(health)
Mortality Rate(money)
Mortality rate(medicine)
foetal mortality rate(medicine)
perinatal mortality rate(medicine)

neurotropic (iou) and rate, maternal mortality (medicine)


neurotropic (iou)



neurotropic adjective. E20.
[from NEURO- + -TROPIC.]
Medicine. Tending to attack or affect the nervous system preferentially. E20.
Anatomy. Of or pertaining to the control or regulation of nerves, esp. in relation to their growth and regeneration. E20.

rate, maternal mortality (medicine)


rate, maternal mortality


The number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by the number of live births (or by the number of live births + foetal deaths) in that year. The maternal mortality rate in the United States in 1993 (and 1994) was 0.1 per 1,000 live births, or 1 mother dying per 10,000 live births.