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Meaning of puerperium | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˌpju.əˈpɪə.ɹi.əm

Definitions

The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state.

Equivalents

العربية اَلنِّفَاس
Čeština šestinedělí
Deutsch Kindbett Puerperium Wochenbett
Español puerperio
Suomi lapsivuodeaika
Nederlands kraambed
Polski połóg
Português puerpério
Türkçe loğusalık

Examples

“As exciting causes, psychic traumata, exposure to cold, the puerperium, excesses, have been brought forward.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

puerpery Puerta Puertas Puerto Puerto Barrios Puerto Blest

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