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adj
Of, pertaining to, or associated with the puerperium (the first month of postpartum), or, sometimes also
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of, pertaining to, or associated with the puerperium (the first month of postpartum), or, sometimes also:
Of, pertaining to, or associated with the peripartum period including childbirth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, not-comparable
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adjective
relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From New Latin puerperālis, from Latin puerpera (“woman in childbirth”), from puer (“child”) + pariō (“to bear”).
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
