puerperium

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

From Latin puerperium, noun form of puerperus, adjectival form of puerpera, from puer + pariō.

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