- childbed fever
- noun Date: 1823 puerperal fever
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Childbed fever — Fever due to an infection usually of the placental site within the uterus. The fever is also called childbirth fever or puerperal fever. If the infection involves the bloodstream, it constitutes puerperal sepsis. In Latin a puerpera is a woman in … Medical dictionary
childbed fever — Pathol. See puerperal fever. [1925 30] * * * … Universalium
childbed fever — noun puerperal fever … Wiktionary
childbed fever — child′bed fe′ver n. pat puerperal fever • Etymology: 1925–30 … From formal English to slang
childbed fever — /tʃaɪldbɛd ˈfivə/ (say chuyldbed feevuh) noun → puerperal fever …
childbed fever — noun serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon • Syn: ↑puerperal fever • Hypernyms: ↑blood poisoning, ↑septicemia,… … Useful english dictionary
Fever, puerperal — Fever that lasts for more than 24 hours within the first 10 days after a woman has had a baby. Puerperal fever is due to an infection, most often of the placental site within the uterus. If the infection involves the bloodstream, it constitutes… … Medical dictionary
fever — feverless, adj. /fee veuhr/, n. 1. an abnormal condition of the body, characterized by undue rise in temperature, quickening of the pulse, and disturbance of various body functions. 2. an abnormally high body temperature. 3. the number of degrees … Universalium
fever — Synonyms and related words: abscess, agitation, ague, amok, anemia, animal heat, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, attack, backache, bleeding, blennorhea, blood heat, bluster, bobbery, body heat, boil, boiling,… … Moby Thesaurus
Puerperal fever — Fever that lasts for more than 24 hours within the first 10 days after a woman has had a baby. Puerperal fever is due to an infection, most often of the placental site within the uterus. If the infection involves the bloodstream, it constitutes… … Medical dictionary
