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puerperal fever

DEFINITIONS OF: puerperal fever

1

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

Synonyms:
childbed fever
Type of:
blood poisoning, septicaemia, septicemia
invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
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