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puerperal_fever

puerperal fever

English

Noun

puerperal fever ‎(plural puerperal fevers)

(pathology) A fever, following childbirth or abortion, due to infection of the uterus.

Translations

fever due to infection of the uterus

Chinese:
Mandarin: 產褥熱 (zh), 产褥热 (zh) ‎(chǎnrùrè)

Finnish: lapsivuodekuume (fi)
Maori: mate kitakita pirau, mate kitakita whakapirau

Synonyms

childbed fever
sepsis puerperalis