puerperal adjective. [pju:'ǝ:p(ǝ)r(ǝ)l] M18.
[from Latin puerperus parturient, from puer child + -parus bringing forth: see -AL¹.]
Medicine. Of, pertaining to, accompanying, or following childbirth.
puerperal fever, puerperal sepsis septicaemia shortly after childbirth resulting from infection of the lining of the uterus or vagina.

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