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Puerperal Fever

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Noun

1. childbed fever, puerperal fever

serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Puerperal Fever

see synonyms of puerperal fever
noun
a serious, formerly widespread, form of blood poisoning caused by infection contracted during childbirth
. Also called: childbed fever

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Puerperal Fever

see synonyms of puerperal fever
sepsis sometimes occurring during childbirth: formerly caused a high mortality rate in maternity wards before aseptic techniques were established in the 19th cent.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Puerperal Fever

see synonyms of puerperal fever
n.
An illness resulting from infection of the endometrium following childbirth or abortion, marked by fever and septicemia and usually caused by unsterile technique. Also called childbed fever.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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