puerperium en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌpju.əˈpɪə.ɹi.əm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌpju.ɚˈpɪɹ.i.əm/ (General-American)
Etymology
Borrowed 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).
Meanings
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The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state.
As exciting causes, psychic traumata, exposure to cold, the puerperium, excesses, have been brought forward.
1921, Robert Bing, Charles Lewis Allen, A Textbook of Nervous Diseases: For Students and Practicing Physicians; In Thirty Lectures, page 84:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| puerperia | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
parous · postpartum · puerperal · antepartum · puerpera
Translations (15)
cmn 產褥期 /产褥期 (period of time following childbirth) · pl połóg (period of time following childbirth) · hu gyermekágy (period of time following childbirth) · es puerperio (period of time following childbirth) · nl kraambed (period of time following childbirth) · pt puerpério (period of time following childbirth) · ar اَلنِّفَاس (period of time following childbirth) · is sængurlega (period of time following childbirth) · fi lapsivuodeaika (period of time following childbirth) · de Wochenbett (period of time following childbirth) · cs šestinedělí (period of time following childbirth) · tyz bươn coòng (period of time following childbirth) · tr loğusalık (period of time following childbirth) · tyz dú bươn (period of time following childbirth) · mk леунство (period of time following childbirth)