"puerperium" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌpju.əˈpɪə.ɹi.əm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌpju.ɚˈpɪɹ.i.əm/ [General-American] Forms: puerperia [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹiəm Etymology: Borrowed from Latin puerperium (“childbed, childbirth”), from puerpera (“woman in labor or childbed”) + -ium (nominal suffix), from puerperus (“parturient, bringing forth children”), from puer (“child, boy”) + pariō (“to bring forth, bear”) + -us (adjectival suffix). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peh₂w-}}, {{bor|en|la|puerperium||childbed, childbirth}} Latin puerperium (“childbed, childbirth”), {{af|la|puerpera|-ium|nocat=1|pos2=nominal suffix|t1=woman in labor or childbed}} puerpera (“woman in labor or childbed”) + -ium (nominal suffix), {{af|la|puer|pariō|-us|nocat=1|pos3=adjectival suffix|t1=child, boy|t2=to bring forth, bear}} puer (“child, boy”) + pariō (“to bring forth, bear”) + -us (adjectival suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun|puerperia}} puerperium (plural puerperia)
  1. (obstetrics) The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state. Categories (topical): Obstetrics Related terms: antepartum, parous, postpartum, puerpera, puerperal Translations (period of time following childbirth): اَلنِّفَاس (an-nifās) (Arabic), 產褥期 /产褥期 (chǎnrùqī) (Chinese Mandarin), šestinedělí (Czech), kraambed [neuter] (Dutch), lapsivuodeaika (Finnish), Wochenbett [neuter] (German), gyermekágy (Hungarian), sængurlega [feminine] (Icelandic), леунство (leunstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), połóg [masculine] (Polish), puerpério [masculine] (Portuguese), puerperio [masculine] (Spanish), dú bươn (Tày), bươn coòng (Tày)

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