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puerpera.

A woman undergoing puerperium; a woman whose uterus is still enlarged from pregnancy.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pjuˈɜː.pə.ɹə/Received-Pronunciation/pjuˈɝ.pəɹ.ə/General-American
  1. A woman undergoing puerperium; a woman whose uterus is still enlarged from pregnancy.

  2. A woman who has recently given birth.

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Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin puerpera (“woman in labor or childbed”), substantive of puerperus (“parturient, bringing forth children”), from puer (“child, boy”) + pariō (“to bring forth, bear”) + -us (adjectival suffix).

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