| rate, death | The number of deaths in the population divided by the average population (or the population at midyear) is the crude death rate. In 1994, for example, the crude death rate per 1,000 population was 8.8 in the united states, 7.1 in Australia, etc. A death rate can also be tabulated according to age or cause. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| maternal death rate | The number of maternal deaths that occur as the direct result of the reproductive process per 100,000 live births. See: rate. See: maternal death. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crude death rate | <epidemiology> The number of deaths in a year divided by the population size. (05 Dec 1998) |
| death rate | The number of deaths in the population divided by the average population (or the population at midyear) is the crude death rate. In 1994, for example, the crude death rate per 1,000 population was 8.8 in the United States, 7.1 in Australia, etc. A death rate can also be tabulated according to age or cause. (12 Dec 1998) |
| foetal death rate | The number of foetal deaths divided by the sum of live births and foetal deaths occurring in the same population during the same time period. Synonym: stillbirth rate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| puerperal | Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever. Origin: L. Puerpera a lying-in woman; puer child + parere to bear: cf. F. Puerperal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| puerperal convulsions | Convulsions and coma associated with hypertension, oedema, or proteinuria occurring in a woman following delivery. Synonym: puerperal convulsions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| puerperal disorders | Disorders or diseases associated with the six-to-eight-week period immediately following labour and delivery. (12 Dec 1998) |
| puerperal eclampsia | Convulsions and coma associated with hypertension, oedema, or proteinuria occurring in a woman following delivery. Synonym: puerperal convulsions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| puerperal fever | Postpartum sepsis with a rise in fever after the first 24 hours following delivery, but before the eleventh postpartum day. Synonym: childbed fever, puerperal sepsis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| puerperal haemoglobinaemia | <haematology, obstetrics> A sudden, severe haemolytic disease that appears sporadically in well nourished dairy cows 2 to 4 weeks after calving, and usually occurs in stabled animals in the winter and early spring; the cause is not known, although the disease is often associated with hypophosphatemia. Synonym: puerperal haemoglobinaemia, puerperal haemoglobinuria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| puerperal haemoglobinuria | <haematology, obstetrics> A sudden, severe haemolytic disease that appears sporadically in well nourished dairy cows 2 to 4 weeks after calving, and usually occurs in stabled animals in the winter and early spring; the cause is not known, although the disease is often associated with hypophosphatemia. Synonym: puerperal haemoglobinaemia, puerperal haemoglobinuria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| puerperal infection | An infection occurring in the puerperium or postpartum period. (12 Dec 1998) |
| puerperal mastitis | Mastitis, usually suppurative, occurring in the later part of the puerperium. Synonym: lactational mastitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| puerperal morbidity | Illness arising during the first 10 days of the postpartum period, i.e., a temperature of 38캜 (100.4캟) or more on any two days of the first 10, excluding the first 24 hours. (05 Mar 2000) |