Puerpera
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A woman undergoing puerperium; a woman whose uterus is still enlarged from pregnancy.
"I saw a very serious hemorrhage result from relaxation of the uterus on the eleventh day when the puerpera had been frightened by a domestic quarrel."
- 2 a woman in childbirth or shortly thereafter wordnet
- 3 A woman who has recently given birth. rare
"An often proved Remedy to bring away what is, or should not be left in the Womb of a Puerpera, though it were Part of a dead Child."
Example
More examples"I saw a very serious hemorrhage result from relaxation of the uterus on the eleventh day when the puerpera had been frightened by a domestic quarrel."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin puerpera (“woman in labor or childbed”), substantive of puerperus (“parturient, bringing forth children”), from puer (“child, boy”) + pariō (“to bring forth, bear”) + -us (adjectival suffix).
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