what does puerperium mean?

PUERPERIUM as NOUN

Meaning
- time period following childbirth when the mother’’s uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved
Usage Example(s)
- a perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium
Hypernyms(s) puerperium is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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