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puerperia

UK/ˌpjuː.ɜːˈpɪəɹi.ə/US/ˌpju.ɚˈpɪɹi.ə/

puerperia is the plural of puerperium.

Meaning of puerperium

Noun

puerperium (plural puerperia)

  1. The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state.
    • As exciting causes, psychic traumata, exposure to cold, the puerperium, excesses, have been brought forward.1921, Robert Bing, Charles Lewis Allen, A Textbook of Nervous Diseases: For Students and Practicing Physicians; In Thirty Lectures, page 84

Words that rhyme with puerperia

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Questions about puerperia

What is puerperia the plural of?
Puerperia is the plural of puerperium.
How do you pronounce puerperia?
Puerperia is pronounced /ˌpju.ɚˈpɪɹi.ə/ (US).

Words near puerperia in the dictionary

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

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