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puerperal fever Definition

puerperal fever

noun

sepsis sometimes occurring during childbirth: formerly caused a high mortality rate in maternity wards before aseptic techniques were established in the 19th cent.

puerperal fever Usage Examples

Converse of object

contract: The ever-present danger was that the laboring woman would contract puerperal fever, a uterine infection that was fatal in an age without antibiotics.

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