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English noun: puerperium

1. puerperium (time) time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved


SamplesA perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium.


Broader (hypernym)period, period of time, time period









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