puerperal fever

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Noun puerperal fever has 1 sense

puerperal fever, childbed fever - serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon
--₁ is a kind of blood poisoning, septicemia, septicaemia

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Puerperal Fever

Description:

Puerperal fever, also known as postpartum infection or childbed fever, is a bacterial infection that occurs in women after childbirth or miscarriage. It is characterized by fever, abdominal pain, uterine tenderness, and general signs of infection.

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Medical:

A bacterial infection that affects women postpartum or post miscarriage.

Related products: Antibiotics, Fever reducers

Example Sentence:

She experienced puerperal fever after giving birth and had to be treated with antibiotics.

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