"postpartum" meaning in English

See postpartum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌpəʊstˈpɑː(ɹ)təm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-postpartum.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: 1844, from Latin post (“after”) + partum (“giving birth”), form of partus, from pariō (“I give birth”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*per-}}, {{der|en|la|post||after}} Latin post (“after”), {{m|la|partum||giving birth}} partum (“giving birth”), {{m|la|partus}} partus, {{m|la|pariō||I give birth}} pariō (“I give birth”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*per-||to bring forth}} Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} postpartum (not comparable)
  1. Of a mother: after giving birth (often defined as within 30 days after childbirth). Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: childing [archaic], postnatal (english: of a mother), postpartal, post-partural Derived forms: postpartum depression, postpartum hemorrhage Related terms: intrapartum, parous, puerperal, puerperium Translations (after giving birth): poporodní (Czech), postnatální (Czech), synnytyksen jälkeinen (Finnish), poporodowy (Polish), послеродово́й (poslerodovój) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-postpartum-en-adj-lJOc9GIc Categories (other): English terms prefixed with post- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with post-: 27 33 12 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: post-partum

Adverb

IPA: /ˌpəʊstˈpɑː(ɹ)təm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-postpartum.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: 1844, from Latin post (“after”) + partum (“giving birth”), form of partus, from pariō (“I give birth”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*per-}}, {{der|en|la|post||after}} Latin post (“after”), {{m|la|partum||giving birth}} partum (“giving birth”), {{m|la|partus}} partus, {{m|la|pariō||I give birth}} pariō (“I give birth”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*per-||to bring forth}} Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} postpartum (not comparable)
  1. After giving birth. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-postpartum-en-adv-Zv1RABuI Categories (other): English terms prefixed with post- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with post-: 27 33 12 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: post-partum

Noun

IPA: /ˌpəʊstˈpɑː(ɹ)təm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-postpartum.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: 1844, from Latin post (“after”) + partum (“giving birth”), form of partus, from pariō (“I give birth”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*per-}}, {{der|en|la|post||after}} Latin post (“after”), {{m|la|partum||giving birth}} partum (“giving birth”), {{m|la|partus}} partus, {{m|la|pariō||I give birth}} pariō (“I give birth”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*per-||to bring forth}} Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} postpartum (uncountable)
  1. The period immediately following childbirth. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-postpartum-en-noun-WSaYfYgL Categories (other): English terms prefixed with post- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with post-: 27 33 12 28
  2. (informal) Ellipsis of postpartum depression. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable Alternative form of: postpartum depression Categories (topical): Pregnancy
    Sense id: en-postpartum-en-noun-voU0zwhg Disambiguation of Pregnancy: 30 3 10 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with post-, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 5 17 55 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 27 8 17 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 9 27 40 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with post-: 27 33 12 28 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 12 16 49 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 26 19 17 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: post-partum

Alternative forms

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