childbed-fever

childbed fever

noun Pathology.

Origin:
1925–30

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

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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