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puerperium

DEFINITIONS OF: puerperium

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n time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved

“a perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium”
Type of:
period, period of time, time period
an amount of time
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