Meaning of puerpera | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A woman undergoing puerperium; a woman whose uterus is still enlarged from pregnancy.
2. A woman who has recently given birth.
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Examples

“I saw⟳ a very serious hemorrhage result⟳ from relaxation of the uterus on the eleventh day when the puerpera had been frightened by a domestic quarrel.”

“Since one of the principal reasons for keeping the puerpera in a recumbent posture is avoidance of strain⟳ upon relaxed and weakened supporting structures by a large heavy uterus, the length of the stay⟳ in bed is not made a matter⟳ of routine”

“A statistically significant circadian rhythm for urine volume was revealed in 6 of 10 pregnant women in the first trimester and in 6 of 9 puerperas on the 7th puerperal day.”

“Abdominal ultrasound of the puerpera usually does not require⟳ a full bladder, because the enlarged uterus directly abuts the anterior abdominal wall and can be scanned without difficulty.”

“An often proved Remedy to bring⟳ away what is, or should not be left in the Womb of a Puerpera, though it were Part of a dead Child.”

“"I must acknowledge, if Kolletschka's disease and the disease from which I saw⟳ so many puerperae die⟳, are identical, then in the puerperae it must be produced by the self-same engendering cause, which produced it in Kolletschka."”

“Among the ancient Iranians, the puerpera, like⟳ the menstruating woman, was regarded as "unclean".”

“With the exception of the very nearest, — for instance, the husband and the mother of the puerpera, — visitors should be kept away until she has been out of bed for a few days, and even then admitted only in small numbers and one at a time.”

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