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puerperium

/,pjuər'piriəm/

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noun
time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved
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"a perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium"

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perinatology the branch of obstetrics concerned with the anatomy and physiology and diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the mother and the fetus or newborn baby during late pregnancy and childbirth and the puerperium