childbed fever

childbed fever

noun Pathology.

Origin:
1925–30
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Childbed fever is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Medical Dictionary

childbed fever child·bed fever (chīld'běd')
n.
See puerperal fever.

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