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
puerperium
Расстановка переносов
pu·er·pe·ri·um
Произношение
Этимология
() 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.