Puerperal

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Puerperal \Pu*er"per*al\, a. [L. puerpera a lying-in woman; puer
     child + parere to bear: cf. F. puerp['e]ral.]
     Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  puerperal
       adj : relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of
             childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who
             has just given birth