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Definition of Puerperium
1. Noun. Time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved. "A perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium"
Definition of Puerperium
1. Noun. (context: obstetrics) The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prenatal state. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Puerperium
1. [n -RIA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puerperium
Literary usage of Puerperium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practice of Obstetrics: Designed for the Use of Students and by James Clifton Edgar (1916)
"The borderland between the physiological and pathological puerperium is not ...
The management of the puerperium consists chiefly in: (i) cleanliness and ..."
2. Obstetrics for nurses by Joseph Bolivar De Lee (1922)
"CHAPTER II CARE DURING THE puerperium FIRST, last, and all the time during the
puerperium the nurse must consistently practice asepsis in everything that ..."
3. Principles and practice of obstetrics by Joseph Bolivar De Lee (1918)
"The puerperium may be defined as that period which extends from the de- \- of
the ovum until the return of the genitalia to the non-pregnant state is com- . ..."
4. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1921)
"THROMBOPHLEBITIS DURING THE puerperium FOLLOWING INFLUENZA, ... There are many
reasons why this condition should be frequent in the puerperium. ..."
5. Obstetrics; a Manual for Students and Practitioners by David James Evans (1900)
"Scarlet fever : This is a rare complication of the puerperium. ... Measles : The
puerperium is rarely complicated by this disease unless the attack has ..."
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