Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun maternal-infant_bonding

1 sense of maternal-infant bonding

Sense 1
maternal-infant bonding -- (the attachment that forms between an infant and its mother beginning at birth; "maternal-infant bonding influences the child's psychological and physical development")
       => bonding -- (a close personal relationship that forms between people (as between husband and wife or parent and child))