Hypertext Webster Gateway: "puerperal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Puerperal \Pu*er"per*al\, a. [L. puerpera a lying-in woman; puer
child + parere to bear: cf. F. puerp['e]ral.]
Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
puerperal
adj : relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of
childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who
has just give birth
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