puerpera

n. 产妇

发音

UK /pjuˈɜː.pə.ɹə/
US /pjuˈɝ.pəɹ.ə/

词形变化

puerperae puerperas 复数 puerperas puerperae 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    医学
  2. 2.

    A woman who has recently given birth.

    罕用

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

mother

词源

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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