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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