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Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever.
  2. adj. relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth
  3. a. relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth