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Definition: Puerperium |
PuerperiumNoun1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Period from delivery of the placenta until return of the reproductive organs to their normal nonpregnant morphologic state. In humans, the puerperium generally lasts for six to eight weeks. (references) |
Medicine | The period following childbirth, lasting approximately six weeks, during which the uterus returns to its normal size and shape. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Puerperium |
| English words defined with "puerperium": perinatology. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "puerperium": Diagnostic Techniques, Obstetrical and Gynecological ♦ Herpes Gestationis ♦ Obstetric Surgical Procedures, obstetric, obstetrical ♦ Pregnancy Toxemias, Puerperal Infection. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Puerperium" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (puerperium), Dutch (puerperium), German (puerperium). |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Puerperium" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Puerperium" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
puerperium | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "puerperium"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | puerperium (in childbed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | puerperium. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | puerperium, lapsivuodeaika, lapsivuode (childbed, childbirth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | puerpérium, puerpéralité, puerpéralité, post-partum, suites de couches. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Puerperium. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λοχεία (accouchement, childbed, confinement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | puerperio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uerperiumpay puerpério. (various references) puerperio. (various references) thời kỳ sinh đẻ, thời kỳ ở cữ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-m-p-p-r-r-u-u" | |
-3 letters: eremuri, premier, purpure. | |
-4 letters: empire, epimer, impure, premie, primer, pumper, repump, ripper, umpire. | |
-5 letters: merer, murre, piper, prier, prime, primp, puree, purer, rimer, riper, rupee, upper. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-m-p-p-r-r-u-u" | |
+2 letters: superpremium. | |
+3 letters: superpremiums. | |
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