Postpartum Definition

pōst-pärtəm
post-partum
adjective
Of the period following childbirth.
Webster's New World
(of a mother) After giving birth.
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Origin of Postpartum

  • Latin post partum post after post– partum accusative of partus birth from past participle of parere to beget perə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • 1844, from Latin post (“after") partum (“giving birth"), form of partus, from pariō (“I give birth"), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth").

    From Wiktionary

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