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puerperal fever en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A fever, following childbirth or abortion, due to infection of the uterus.
   • It was the rise of penicillin, not improved hygiene, that finally conquered puerperal fever. 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 344:

Forms

Synonyms

childbed fever · sepsis puerperalis

Translations (18)

sv puerperalfeber (fever due to infection of the uterus) · cmn 產褥熱 /产褥热 (fever due to infection of the uterus) · sv barnsängsfeber (fever due to infection of the uterus) · tr loğusa humması (fever due to infection of the uterus) · ru роди́льная горя́чка (fever due to infection of the uterus) · nl kraamkoorts (fever due to infection of the uterus) · nl kraamvrouwenkoorts (fever due to infection of the uterus) · cs horečka omladnic (fever due to infection of the uterus) · hu gyermekágyi láz (fever due to infection of the uterus) · uk поло́го́ва гаря́чка (fever due to infection of the uterus) · pl gorączka połogowa (fever due to infection of the uterus) · mi mate kitakita whakapirau (fever due to infection of the uterus) · ro febră puerperală (fever due to infection of the uterus) · mi mate kitakita pirau (fever due to infection of the uterus) · ms demam puerpera (fever due to infection of the uterus) · fi lapsivuodekuume (fever due to infection of the uterus) · id demam nifas (fever due to infection of the uterus) · pl zakażenie połogowe (fever due to infection of the uterus)