Word
puerperium, n.
(puerperia)
time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved
<noun.time>
puerperium
sample sentences
"a perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
puerperal
semantic pointers
hypernym
period, period of time, time period