"puerperal fever" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: puerperal fevers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} puerperal fever (countable and uncountable, plural puerperal fevers)
  1. (pathology, obstetrics) A fever, following childbirth or abortion, due to infection of the uterus. Wikipedia link: puerperal fever Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Obstetrics, Pathology Synonyms: childbed fever, sepsis puerperalis Translations (fever due to infection of the uterus): 產褥熱 /产褥热 (chǎnrùrè) (Chinese Mandarin), horečka omladnic (Czech), kraamvrouwenkoorts [feminine] (Dutch), kraamkoorts [feminine] (Dutch), lapsivuodekuume (Finnish), gyermekágyi láz (Hungarian), mate kitakita pirau (Maori), mate kitakita whakapirau (Maori), febră puerperală [feminine] (Romanian), роди́льная горя́чка (rodílʹnaja gorjáčka) [feminine] (Russian), barnsängsfeber [common-gender] (Swedish), puerperalfeber [common-gender] (Swedish), lohusa humması (Turkish), поло́го́ва гаря́чка (polóhóva harjáčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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