childbed fever
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of childbed fever
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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Faced with a doctor-led maternity ward in which maternal deaths from the dreaded childbed fever were significantly higher than in the midwife-run clinic there, he racked his brain for clues as to why.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2020
One out of every three women who entered the First Division ward died of childbed fever; most victims' babies died too.
From Time Magazine Archive
His circulars were a pathetic attempt to make the world understand the source of childbed fever before madness destroyed him.
From Time Magazine Archive
The humblest rickshaw coolie knows where to go to have his mucus-draining eyes treated, or who will help when his wife has childbed fever.
From Time Magazine Archive
I had often enough heard of the danger of childbed fever, even if I could not form for myself any idea of its terrors.
From The Wish A Novel by Sudermann, Hermann
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