Defenition of the word puerperium

• Defenition of the word puerperium

  • The period beginning immediately after the birth of a child and extending for about six weeks in which the mother recovers from pregnancy and birth.
  • time period following childbirth when the mother''s uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved; "a perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium"
  • time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved

Hypernyms for the word puerperium

• • period
  • period of time
  • time period

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