PUERPERIUM


Meaning of PUERPERIUM in English

[ 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').

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