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PUERPERAL

\pjˈuːəpəɹə͡l], \pjˈuːəpəɹə‍l], \p_j_ˈuː_ə_p_ə_ɹ_əl]\

Definitions of PUERPERAL

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
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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relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Relating to childbirth.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Pertaining to labor.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Relating to parturition and its consequences.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Pertaining to childbirth.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Pertaining to or caused by childbirth; of a woman, in the lying-in state. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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