puerperal fever

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puerperal fever

An illness resulting from infection of the endometrium following childbirth or abortion, marked by fever and septicemia and usually caused by unsterile technique. Also called childbed fever.

puerperal fever

(Medicine / Pathology) a serious, formerly widespread, form of blood poisoning caused by infection contracted during childbirth

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Noun

puerperal fever - serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon

childbed fever

blood poisoning, septicaemia, septicemia - invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection

Translations

puerperal fever

n → Kindbettfieber nt, → Puerperalfieber nt (spec)

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blood poisoning childbed fever puerperal septicaemia septicemia			In 1847, at the age of 28, the Viennese obstetrician Ignac Semmelweis famously deduced that by not washing hands, doctors were themselves to blame for childbed fever, also known as puerperal fever. Lessons learned in diligence from H1N1 by Brown, Laura Beth / Tennessee Nurse She reminded my mother that when she had had puerperal fever after giving birth to me, my former mother-in-law breast-fed me and that my marriage to her son was thus forbidden," she said. Make sure your wife is not your sister! by Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) Semmelweis went back 100 years to find out why there was such an increase in puerperal fever (childbed fever) that had killed thousands of mothers in obstetric units. Millions of needless deaths by Faloon, William / Life Extension			pudgy Pudic Pudical pudicity Pudovkin Pudsey pudu Pue Puebla Puebla de Zaragoza Pueblo Pueblo Indians Puefellow Puer Pueraria Pueraria lobata Puerco Puerco beds puerile Puerilely Puerileness puerilism puerility puerpera puerperal puerperal fever puerperal psychosis puerperium Puerperous Puerto Cabello Puerto Rican Puerto Rico Puerto Vallarta Puet Pufendorf puff puff adder puff batter Puff bird puff of air puff out puff paste puff pastry puff piece puff sleeves puff up Puff-leg Puff-legged puff-puff puffball puffbird			puerilely puerilely puerilely puerileness puerileness puerileness puerilis puerilism puerilism puerilities puerilities puerilities puerility puerility puerility puerpera puerpera puerperal puerperal puerperal puerperal convulsion puerperal convulsion puerperal convulsion puerperal convulsion puerperal eclampsia puerperal eclampsia puerperal eclampsia Puerperal endometritis Puerperal endometritis Puerperal endometritis puerperal fever Puerperal infection Puerperal infection Puerperal infection puerperal laminitis puerperal laminitis puerperal mania puerperal mastitis puerperal metritis puerperal metritis puerperal metritis puerperal mortality rate puerperal mortality rate puerperal mortality rate puerperal mortality rate puerperal mortality rate puerperal osteomalacia puerperal osteomalacia puerperal osteomalacia Puerperal Ovarian Venous Thrombophlebitis puerperal phlebitis puerperal psychosis puerperal psychosis Puerperal sepsis Puerperal sepsis Puerperal sepsis puerperal septicemia puerperal septicemia puerperal septicemia puerperal tetanus puerperal tetanus

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