puerpera

American

[pyoo-ur-per-uh] / pyuˈɜr pər ə /

noun

Obstetrics.

plural

puerperae

a woman who has recently given birth to a child.

Etymology

Origin of puerpera

< Latin: woman in labor; akin to puerperus; see puerperium

Example Sentences

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Nempe illa nunquam pignore simplici Sibive soli facta puerpera est: Partu repercusso, vel absens, Perpetuos procreat gemellos.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

The Place is in the Poem, where he sings a Recantation to the Witch Canidia. tuusque venter pactumeius, et tuo cruore rubros obstetrix pannos lavit, utcunque fortis exilis puerpera.

From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Erasmus, Desiderius

Possit Camaenas, non sine numine, Lassare nostras diva puerpera, Et gaudiis siccare totam Perpetuis Heliconis undam.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

"Between a heifer and an ass Enixa est puerpera; In ragged woollen clad He was Qui regnat super aethera, And patiently may we then pass That sing, and heartily sing we, 'Gloria Tibi, Domine!"

From Chivalry by Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green

“Between a heifer and an ass Enixa est puerpera; In ragged woollen clad He was Qui régnât super aethera, And patiently may we then pass That sing, and heartily sing we, ‘Gloria Tibi, Domine!’”

From Chivalry by Cabell, James Branch

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