pu·er·pe·ri·um (py   r-pîr  -m)n. pl. pu·er·pe·ri·a (-pîr -) 1. The state of a woman during childbirth or immediately thereafter. 2. The approximate six-week period lasting from childbirth to the return of normal uterine size. [Latin, childbirth, from puerpera, a woman in childbed; see puerperal.] |
puerperium [pjʊəˈpɪərɪəm]
n
(Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics) the period following childbirth, lasting approximately six weeks, during which the uterus returns to its normal size and shape
[from Latin: childbirth, from puerperus relating to a woman in labour, from puer boy + parere to bear]
puerperium
the state or condition of a woman during and immediately following childbirth. — puerperal, adj.
See also: Birth
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| Noun | 1. | puerperium - time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved; "a perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium" period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
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