puerperal fever

noun

Meaning

A fever, following childbirth or abortion, due to infection of the uterus.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

childbed fever(English)fetopathy(English)pelvic inflammatory disease(English)pyrogenesis(English)metralgia(English)fetopathology(English)fecaluria(English)putrid fever(English)

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