puerpera
Meanings
noun
- A woman undergoing puerperium; a woman whose uterus is still enlarged from pregnancy.
- A woman who has recently given birth.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin puerpera (“woman in labor or childbed”), substantive of puerperus (“parturient, bringing forth children”), from puer (“child, boy”) + pariō (“to bring forth, bear”) + -us (adjectival suffix).
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