| NOUN | person | puerpera | a woman in childbirth or shortly thereafter |
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| Meaning | A woman in childbirth or shortly thereafter. | |
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| Broader | mother, female parent | A woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother) |
| Adjectives | puerperal | relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth |
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