puerperium
UK/ˌpju.əˈpɪə.ɹi.əm/US/ˌpju.ɚˈpɪɹ.i.əm/
puerperium noun: the period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state.
Noun
puerperium (plural puerperia)
- 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
puerperium meaning in Tamil and Arabic
puerperium in Tamil
- பேற்றண்மைக்காலம், பேற்றுக் களைப்புக் காலம், பேற்றுக்காலம், பேற்றுக்குப்பின்
puerperium in Arabic
- period of time following childbirth
- اَلنِّفَاس an-nifās
Forms of puerperium
| plural | puerperia |
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Origin of puerperium
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).
Words that rhyme with puerperium
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Questions about puerperium
- What does puerperium mean?
- Puerperium means the period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state.
- What is puerperium in Tamil?
- Puerperium in Tamil is பேற்றண்மைக்காலம், பேற்றுக் களைப்புக் காலம், பேற்றுக்காலம். See Puerperium meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is puerperium?
- Puerperium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce puerperium?
- Puerperium is pronounced /ˌpju.əˈpɪə.ɹi.əm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of puerperium?
- The plural of puerperium is puerperia.
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