| 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) |
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| puerperal period | The period elapsing between the termination of labour and the return of the generative tract to its normal condition; the 6 weeks following the completion of labour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| puerperal phlebitis | An extreme edematous swelling of the leg following childbirth, due to thrombosis of the iliofemoral veins. Synonym: leukophlegmasia dolens, milk leg, puerperal phlebitis, thrombotic phlegmasia, white leg. (05 Mar 2000) |
| puerperal psychosis | <obstetrics, psychiatry> An acute mental disorder with depression in the mother following childbirth. Synonym: puerperal psychosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| puerperal sepsis | 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 septicaemia | A severe bloodstream infection resulting from an obstetric delivery or procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| puerperal tetanus | Tetanus occurring during the puerperium from infection of the obstetric wound. Synonym: postpartum tetanus, uterine tetanus. (05 Mar 2000) |