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puerperium.

The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˌpju.əˈpɪə.ɹi.əm/Received-Pronunciation/ˌpju.ɚˈpɪɹ.i.əm/General-American
  1. The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state.

Where this word comes from

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

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