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puerperium

puer·pe·rium

UK/ˌpju.əˈpɪə.ɹi.əm/ US/ˌpju.ɚˈpɪɹ.i.əm/ uncommon

noun

1.

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”

Origin

Borrowed from Latin puerperium (“childbed, childbirth”), from puerpera (“woman in labor or childbed”) + -ium (nominal suffix), from puerperus (“parturient, bringing forth children”), from puer (“child, boy”) + pariō (“to bring forth, bear”) + -us (adjectival suffix).

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