PUERPERIUM
\pjˌuːəpˈi͡əɹɪəm], \pjˌuːəpˈiəɹɪəm], \p_j_ˌuː_ə_p_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_m]\
Definitions of PUERPERIUM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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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"
By Princeton University
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Period from delivery of the placenta until return of the reproductive organs to their normal nonpregnant morphologic state. In humans, the puerperium generally lasts for six to eight weeks.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland