puerperium
The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the…The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state.
Meaning
1 sensesThe period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state.
Wochenbett
time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin puerperium (“childbed, childbirth”), from puerpera (“woman in labor orBorrowed from Latin puerperium (“childbed, childbirth”), from puerpera (“woman in labor or childbed”) + -ium (nominal suffix), from puerperus (“parturient, bringing forth children”), from puer (“child, boy”) + pariō (“to bring forth, bear”) + -us (adjectival suffix).
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Forms
plural: puerperia| Singular | puerperium |
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Word family
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