Puerperium
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Puerperiums
- possessive
- Puerperium's
- pluralpossessive
- Puerperiums'