OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 42810

puerperium

/ˌpju.əˈpɪə.ɹi.əm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
puerperio
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.
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