puerperium
/ˌpjuːəˈpɪərɪəm/noun
mass noun
- Medicine the period of about six weeks after childbirth during which the mother's reproductive organs return to their original non-pregnant condition【医】产后恢复期。
派生词
puerperal
adjective词源
early 17th cent.: from Latin，from puerperus 'parturient' （from puer 'child'+-parus 'bearing'）.