PUERPERIUM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved

Example:

a perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("puerperium" is a kind of...):

period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)

Derivation:

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