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English noun: childbed fever

1. childbed fever (state) serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon


Synonymspuerperal fever


Broader (hypernym)blood poisoning, septicaemia, septicemia









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