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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved;
- Example: "a perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

puerperium
    n 1: time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus
         shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of
         pregnancy are resolved; "a perinatologist cared for her
         during the puerperium"