puerperal fever
puerperal fever · puerperal fevers
пологова гарячка
родильная горячка
A fever, following childbirth or abortion, due to infection of the uterusA fever, following childbirth or abortion, due to infection of the uterus.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A fever, following childbirth or abortion, due to infection of the uterus.
роди́льная горя́чкаrodílʹnaja gorjáčka
поло́го́ва гаря́чкаpolóhóva harjáčka
More definitions
- serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon
Translations
4 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
fever due to infection of the uterus:
Русский
By meaning 1
fever due to infection of the uterus:
Forms
plural: puerperal fevers| Singular | puerperal fever |
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Synonyms
2 synonymschildbed feversepsis puerperalis
Close in meaning
- serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon:childbed fever
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable