[ ˌpju:ə'pɛrɪəm , ˌpju:ə'pi:rɪəm ]
■ noun Medicine the period of about six weeks after childbirth during which the mother's reproductive organs return to their original non-pregnant condition.
Derivatives
puerperal adjective
Origin
C17: from L., from puerperus 'parturient' (from puer 'child' + -parus 'bearing').