puerperium

English - Turkish

Definition of puerperium in English Turkish dictionary

puerperiyum

(Tıp) Lohusalık zamanı

(Tıp) Doğumdan sonra jenital organların eski durumlarını alıncaya kadar geçen zaman

English - English

Definition of puerperium in English English dictionary

The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prenatal state

As exciting causes, psychic traumata, exposure to cold, the puerperium, excesses, have been brought forward.

{i} period of time including childbirth and approximately 6 weeks afterward

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

The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother's uterus shrinks back to its prenatal state

Hyphenation

pu·er·pe·ri·um

Etymology

() From Latin puerperium childbed, childbirth, nounal form of puerperus of a woman in labour, adjectival form of puerpera a woman in her childbed, from puer boy + parere to bear.