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puerperal fever

 
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–noun Pathology.
a systemic bacterial infection of the endometrium characterized by fever, rapid heartbeat, uterine tenderness, and malodorous discharge, chiefly occurring in women after childbirth, usually as the result of unsterile obstetric procedures.
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1760–70
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puerperal fever  
n.  An illness resulting from infection of the endometrium following childbirth or abortion, marked by fever and septicemia and usually caused by unsterile technique. Also called childbed fever.
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Main Entry: puerperal fever
Function: noun
: an abnormal condition that results from infection of the placental site following delivery or abortion and is characterizedin mild form by fever of not over 100.4°F (38.0°C) but may progress to a localized endometritis or spread through the uterine wall and develop into peritonitis or pass into the blood stream andproduce septicemia called also childbed fever, puerperal sepsis
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puerperal fever n.
An illness caused by infection of the endometrium following childbirth or an abortion, marked by fever and septicemia and usually caused by unsterile technique. Also called childbed fever.

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