puerpera

noun /pjuˈɜː.pə.ɹə/

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

   I saw a very serious hemorrhage result from relaxation of the uterus on the eleventh day when the puerpera had been frightened by a domestic quarrel.

2. A woman who has recently given birth.

   rare

   An often proved Remedy to bring away what is, or should not be left in the Womb of a Puerpera, though it were Part of a dead Child.

Where it comes from

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).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry puerpera (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← puerilitypugil →

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