Puerperal Definition

pyo͝o-ûrpər-əl
adjective
Of or connected with childbirth.
Webster's New World

Origin of Puerperal

  • From Latin puerper a woman in childbed puer child, boy pau-1 in Indo-European roots parere to bear –parous

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

  • From New Latin puerperalis, from Latin puerpera (“woman in childbirth"), from puer (“boy") + pariō (“I bear").

    From Wiktionary

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