Usually means: Postpartum period following childbirth recovery.
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  1. puerperium: Merriam-Webster
  2. puerperium: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. puerperium: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. puerperium: Collins English Dictionary
  5. puerperium: Vocabulary.com
  6. puerperium: Wordnik
  7. puerperium: Wiktionary
  8. puerperium: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. puerperium: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. puerperium: Dictionary.com
  11. Puerperium: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. puerperium: Rhymezone
  13. puerperium: FreeDictionary.org
  14. puerperium: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. puerperium: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. puerperium: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. puerperium: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Puerperium: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Johnson Bwby (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. puerperium: Medical dictionary
  7. Puerperium: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (puerperium)

noun:  (obstetrics) The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state.

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