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puerperium

noun
/ˌpju.əˈpɪə.ɹi.əm/UK/ˌpju.ɚˈpɪɹ.i.əm/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin puerperium (“childbed, childbirth”), from puerpera (“woman in labor or childbed”) + -ium (nominal suffix), from puerperus (“parturient, bringing forth children”), from puer (“child, boy”) + pariō (“to bring forth, bear”) + -us (adjectival suffix).

  1. borrowed from puerperium

Definitions

  1. The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the…

    The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state.

    • As exciting causes, psychic traumata, exposure to cold, the puerperium, excesses, have been brought forward.

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