puerperium English

Meaning puerperium meaning

What does puerperium mean?

puerperium

— noun 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

Synonyms puerperium synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as puerperium?

puerperium English » English

postnatal

childbed

stegmonth

lying-in period

childbirth