puerperium

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puerperium

/ˌpju.əˈpɪə.ɹi.əm/ UK
/ˌpju.ɚˈpɪɹ.i.əm/ US

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Borrowed from Latin puerperium (“childbed, childbirth”), from puerpera (“woman in labor or childbed”) + -ium (nominal suffix), from puerperus (“parturient, bringing forth children”), from puer (“child, boy”) + pariō (“to bring forth, bear”) + -us (adjectival suffix).

noun puerperia

The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state. As exciting causes, psychic traumata, exposure to cold, the puerperium, excesses, have been brought forward.

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noun period of time following childbirth

Español	puerperio
中文	產褥期 /产褥期 chǎnrùqī
Português	puerpério
Deutsch	Wochenbett
العربية	اَلنِّفَاس an-nifās

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"puerperium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/puerperium. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{puerperium_2026,
  title = {puerperium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/puerperium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}