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puerperal definition

pu·er·peral (pyo̵̅o̅ ʉr′pər əl)

adjective

of or connected with childbirth

Etymology: < L puerpera, woman in labor < puer, boy (see poultry) + parere, to bear (see -parous)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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