puerperium
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of puerperium
1885–90; < Latin: childbirth, childbed, equivalent to puerper ( us ) of a woman in labor ( puer boy, child + -perus bringing forth, akin to parere to bear, breed) + -ium -ium
Example Sentences
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If the labour is normal and the puerperium uncomplicated, the number of leucocytes regains the normal in about a week.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Sunshine and95 fresh air are wonderful health restorers as is also a well-directed cold water friction bath administered near the close of the second week of a normal puerperium.
From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.
It certainly does not retard repair and recovery during the puerperium.
From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.
Clean walls, clean floors, and a scrupulously clean bed must be maintained throughout the puerperium.
From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.
The mother was attacked with pneumonia on the fifth day of her puerperium, but recovered; the child died in four weeks of intestinal catarrh.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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