(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:21:16

Pu*er"per*al (?), a. [L. puerpera a lying-in woman; puer child + parere to bear: cf. F. puerp'eral.]

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

 

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