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
Wordset Dictionary
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'