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; puerperium

Example Sentences

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Phoenix alumna mortis, Quam mira tua puerpera!

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

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

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Nescio quo interea multum tibi murmure nota est: Nempe sed hoc poteras murmur amare tamen.10 Tandem ecce, heu simili de prole puerpera! tandem Hoc tenero tenera est pignore facta parens.

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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.

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