puerperium

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Noun puerperium has 1 sense

puerperium - 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"
--₁ is a kind of time period, period of time, period

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Puerperium

Definition:

Puerperium is the period of about six weeks following childbirth during which the mother's reproductive organs return to their pre-pregnancy state.

Noun:

In the context of medicine, puerperium refers to the period after childbirth when a woman's body recovers and undergoes physiological changes.

Example Sentence:

After giving birth, the new mother experienced various physical and emotional changes during her puerperium.

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