Peripartum

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That occurs around the time of labor and childbirth (parturition) (typically, within a few weeks before, intrapartum, or within a few weeks after). not-comparable

Synonyms

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puerperal

Etymology

From peri- + Latin partum (“giving birth”), thus "around [the time of] birth".

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