puerperium
Meaning of puerperium
noun
the period of about six weeks after childbirth during which the mother's reproductive organs return to their original non-pregnant condition.
early 17th century: from Latin, from puerperus ‘parturient’ (from puer ‘child’ + -parus ‘bearing’).
Information about puerperium
- It is a name.
- The plural form of puerperium is: puerperiums.
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Hyphenation of puerperium
puer-perium
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- puerperium is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of puerperium
- Spanish: puerperio
- Italian: puerperio, postnatale
- German: Kindbett
- French: couches
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