puerperium
/ˌpju.əˈpɪə.ri.əm//ˌpju.ɚˈpɪr.i.əm/
词源链
- 英语English
puerperium
词源说明
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).
释义
名词noun
- 1(obstetrics) The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state.