Definition of puerperium

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Definition of puerperium

  • time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved (noun)

    Examples

    1. a perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium

See definition of puerperium in Merriam Webster