puerperal

About 0.34 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of, pertaining to, or associated with the puerperium (the first month of postpartum), or, sometimes also:

   puerperal mastitis

2. adjective Of, pertaining to, or associated with the peripartum period including childbirth.

Similar words

postnatal post-partum post-production parturient perinatal parturitive parturial pubertal perimenopausal perinatological

Often followed by

fever sepsis infection state convulsions psychosis mania women insanity peritonitis