NOUN | time | puerperium | time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks / shrinks / shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved |
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Meaning | time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks / shrinks / shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved. | |
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Example | "a perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium" | |
Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
Spanish | puerperio | |
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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