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puerpery

puerpery noun: the puerperal period.

Noun

puerpery (usually uncountable, plural puerperies)

  1. (obsolete, usually) The puerperal period.

Forms of puerpery

pluralpuerperies

Questions about puerpery

What does puerpery mean?
Puerpery means the puerperal period.
What part of speech is puerpery?
Puerpery is a noun.
What is the plural of puerpery?
The plural of puerpery is puerperies.

Words near puerpery in the dictionary

  1. puerperants
  2. puerperas
  3. puerperia
  4. puerperium
  5. puerperous
  6. puerpery
  7. puers
  8. Puerta
  9. Puertas
  10. Puertases
  11. Puerto

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