puerperium
英 [,pjuːə'perɪəm; ,pjuːə'piːrɪəm]
- n. 产后期，产褥期
英英释意
- 1. 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"