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puerperium

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pu⋅er⋅pe⋅ri⋅um

  [pyoo-er-peer-ee-uhm]
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–noun Obstretrics.
the four-week period following childbirth.
Origin:
1885–90; < L: childbirth, childbed, equiv. to puerper(us) of a woman in labor (puer boy, child + -perus bringing forth, akin to parere to bear, breed) + -ium -ium
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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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Main Entry: pu·er·pe·ri·um
Pronunciation: "pyü-&r-'pir-E-&m
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural pu·er·pe·ria /-E-&/
: the period between childbirth and the return of the uterus to its normal size
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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puerperium pu·er·pe·ri·um (py&oomacr;'ər-pēr'ē-əm)
n. pl. pu·er·pe·ri·a (-pēr'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.

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puerperium

the period of adjustment after childbirth during which the mother's reproductive system returns to its normal prepregnant state. It generally lasts six to eight weeks and ends with the first ovulation and the return of normal menstruation.

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