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Meaning of puerperium in English
Pronunciation
/pjuərˈpɪriəm/
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Noun
puerperium
Etymology
early 17th century: from Latin, from puerperus‘parturient’ (from puer‘child’ + -parus‘bearing’)
Definitions
1.
time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved
Examples
« a perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium »