childbed (noun)
1childbed — noun Date: 13th century the condition of a woman in childbirth …
2childbed fever — noun Date: 1823 puerperal fever …
3childbed fever — noun puerperal fever …
4childbed — noun a) The final stage of pregnancy; confinement b) The bed in which a baby is born …
5childbed — noun archaic term for childbirth …
6childbed fever — noun serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon • Syn: ↑puerperal fever • Hypernyms: ↑blood poisoning, ↑septicemia,… …
7childbed — /ˈtʃaɪldbɛd/ (say chuyldbed) noun the condition of a woman giving birth to a child; parturition …
8childbed fever — /tʃaɪldbɛd ˈfivə/ (say chuyldbed feevuh) noun → puerperal fever …
9premature labor — noun labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation • Syn: ↑premature labour • Hypernyms: ↑parturiency, ↑labor, ↑labour, ↑confinement, ↑lying in, ↑travail, ↑ …
10blood poisoning — noun invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection • Syn: ↑septicemia, ↑septicaemia • Derivationally related forms: ↑septicemic (for: ↑septicemia) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
