puerpera
UK/pjuˈɜː.pə.ɹə/US/pjuˈɝ.pəɹ.ə/
puerpera noun: a woman undergoing puerperium; a woman whose uterus is still enlarged from pregnancy.
Noun
puerpera (plural puerperas or puerperae)
- A woman undergoing puerperium; a woman whose uterus is still enlarged from pregnancy.
- I saw a very serious hemorrhage result from relaxation of the uterus on the eleventh day when the puerpera had been frightened by a domestic quarrel.1918, Joseph Bolivar De Lee, Principles and practice of obstetrics, page 813
- Since one of the principal reasons for keeping the puerpera in a recumbent posture is avoidance of strain upon relaxed and weakened supporting structures by a large heavy uterus, the length of the stay in bed is not made a matter of routine1934, Karl Mathias Beierlein, Pamphlets and Reprints, page 350
- A woman who has recently given birth.
- An often proved Remedy to bring away what is, or should not be left in the Womb of a Puerpera, though it were Part of a dead Child.1731, Robert Boyle, Medicinal experiments, volume 3, page 6
- "I must acknowledge, if Kolletschka's disease and the disease from which I saw so many puerperae die, are identical, then in the puerperae it must be produced by the self-same engendering cause, which produced it in Kolletschka."1860, Henry E. Brady, David Collier, quoting Ignaz Semmelweis, Rethinking Social Inquiry: Diverse Tools, Shared Standards, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 224
puerpera meaning in Tamil
puerpera in Tamil
- பச்சைப் பிள்ளைத்தாய்ச்சி
Examples of puerpera in a sentence
- A statistically significant circadian rhythm for urine volume was revealed in 6 of 10 pregnant women in the first trimester and in 6 of 9 puerperas on the 7th puerperal day.1984, Erhard Haus, Hugh F. Kabat, editors, Chronobiology 1982-1983:
- Abdominal ultrasound of the puerpera usually does not require a full bladder, because the enlarged uterus directly abuts the anterior abdominal wall and can be scanned without difficulty.2011, Eberhard Merz, “Ultrasound in the Puerperium”, in Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, volume 1, page 39:
- Among the ancient Iranians, the puerpera, like the menstruating woman, was regarded as "unclean".1885, Hermann Heinrich Ploss, Max Bartels, Paul Bartels, translated by Eric John Dingwall, Woman: an historical, gynæcological and...
Forms of puerpera
| plural | puerperas |
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| plural | puerperae |
Origin of puerpera
Borrowed from Latin puerpera (“woman in labor or childbed”), substantive of puerperus (“parturient, bringing forth children”), from puer (“child, boy”) + pariō (“to bring forth, bear”) + -us (adjectival suffix).
Words formed from puerpera
Questions about puerpera
- What does puerpera mean?
- Puerpera means a woman undergoing puerperium; a woman whose uterus is still enlarged from pregnancy.
- What is puerpera in Tamil?
- Puerpera in Tamil is பச்சைப் பிள்ளைத்தாய்ச்சி. See Puerpera meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use puerpera in a sentence?
- A statistically significant circadian rhythm for urine volume was revealed in 6 of 10 pregnant women in the first trimester and in 6 of 9 puerperas on the 7th puerperal day.
- What part of speech is puerpera?
- Puerpera is a noun.
- How do you pronounce puerpera?
- Puerpera is pronounced /pjuˈɜː.pə.ɹə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of puerpera?
- The plural of puerpera is puerperas.
Words near puerpera in the dictionary
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