puerperal
61puerperal thrombosis — coagulation of blood in the veins after childbirth; see also postpartum iliofemoral thrombophlebitis …
62puerperal fever — severe form of septicemia that a woman suffers during childbirth or abortion …
63puerperal fever — noun fever caused by uterine infection following childbirth …
64puerperal infection — infection of the female genital tract arising as a complication of childbirth …
65puerperal pyrexia — a temperature of 38°C occurring on any two days within 14 days of childbirth or miscarriage …
66puerperal fever — puer′peral fe′ver n. pat a bacterial infection of the endometrium occurring in women after childbirth or abortion, usu. as the result of unsterile obstetric practices • Etymology: 1760–70 …
67puerperal fever — /pjuˌɜpərəl ˈfivə/ (say pyooh.erpuhruhl feevuh) noun an infection occurring during the puerperium; childbed fever …
68puerperal insanity — A form of insanity arising from some peculiar transitional condition of the system. Leache v State, 22 Tex Crim 279 …
69puerperal 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: ↑childbed fever • Hypernyms: ↑blood poisoning, ↑septicemia,… …
70Fever, puerperal — Fever that lasts for more than 24 hours within the first 10 days after a woman has had a baby. Puerperal fever is due to an infection, most often of the placental site within the uterus. If the infection involves the bloodstream, it constitutes… …