Definition of puerperium Puerperium

pu•er•per•i•um

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What does puerperium mean?

WordNet

Noun

Plural: puerperia

puerperium - time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved; "a perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium"

period of time, time period, period an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"

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Wiktionary

puerperium (Noun)
The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state.

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puerperium
The period beginning immediately after the birth of a child and extending for about six weeks in which the mother recovers from pregnancy and birth.