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puerperas

puerperas is the plural of puerpera.

Meaning of puerpera

Noun

puerpera (plural puerperas or puerperae)

  1. 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
  2. (rare) 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

Questions about puerperas

What is puerperas the plural of?
Puerperas is the plural of puerpera.

Words near puerperas in the dictionary

  1. puerperal fevers
  2. puerperalism
  3. puerperally
  4. puerperant
  5. puerperants
  6. puerperas
  7. puerperia
  8. puerperium
  9. puerperous
  10. puerpery
  11. puers

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