childbed fever
Puerperal feverPuerperal fever
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Puerperal fever
More definitions
- serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon:puerperal fever
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable