母体 Traditional form: 母體 Pinyin (reading): mǔtǐ Definitions: (zoology, medicine) mother's body (chemistry etc) parent matrix (statistics) population parent population Characters: 母 - mother; female elders; female 体 - body; group, class; form, style, system Traditional characters: 母 - mother; female elders; female 體 - body; group, class; form, style, system