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/ˌpju.əˈpɪə.ɹi.əm/ · noun
(obstetrics) The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state..
As exciting causes, psychic traumata, exposure to cold, the puerperium, excesses, have been brought forward.
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Puerperium means (obstetrics) 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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As exciting causes, psychic traumata, exposure to cold, the puerperium, excesses, have been brought forward.
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