adjective
Origin: < L puerpera, woman in labor < puer, boy (see poultry) + parere, to bear (see -parous)
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adjective
Origin:
Origin: From Latin puerper, a woman in childbed
Origin: : puer, child, boy; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots
Origin: + parere, to bear; see -parous
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