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puerperia

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pu·er·pe·ri·um   (pyōō'ər-pîr'ē-əm)   
n.   pl. pu·er·pe·ri·a (-pîr'ē-ə)

  1. The state of a woman during childbirth or immediately thereafter.

  2. The approximate six-week period lasting from childbirth to the return of normal uterine size.


[Latin, childbirth, from puerpera, a woman in childbed; see puerperal.]
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