puerperal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: puerperal	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for puerperal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puerperal adj relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puerperal \Puer"peral\, a. [L. puerpera a lying-in woman; puer child + parere to bear: cf. F. puerp[82]ral.] Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever.