HyperDic: maternal-infant_bonding

English > 1 sense of the expression maternal-infant bonding:
NOUNrelationmaternal-infant bondingthe attachment that forms between an infant and its mother beginning at birth
English > maternal-infant bonding: 1 sense > noun 1, relation
MeaningThe attachment that forms between an infant and its mother beginning at birth.
Example"maternal-infant bonding influences the child's psychological and physical development"
BroaderbondingA close personal relationship that forms between people (as between husband and wife or parent and child)

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