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postpartum

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post·par·tum  (pst-pärtm)
adj.
Of or occurring in the period shortly after childbirth: postpartum complications.
[Latin post partum : post, after; see post- + partum, accusative of partus, birth, from past participle of parere, to beget; see per-1 in Indo-European roots.]
postpartum [pəʊstˈpɑːtəm]
adj
(Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics) Med following childbirth
[Latin: after the act of giving birth]
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Adj.1.postpartum - occurring immediately after birth; "postnatal development"
postnatal
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postpartum [pəʊstˈpɑːtəm]
A. N → postparto, posparto
B. CPD postpartum depression N → depresión f pos(t)parto
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