puerperium

n. 产后期 [医] 产褥期, 产后期

发音

UK /ˌpju.əˈpɪə.ɹi.əm/
US /ˌpju.ɚˈpɪɹ.i.əm/

词形变化

puerperia 复数 puerperia

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    产褥期

    医学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

period period of time time period

词源

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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