VDict - Definition of puerperal fever

English - English (Wordnet) dictionary

puerperal fever

Jump to user comments

Noun

serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon

Related search result for "puerperal fever"

Words contain "puerperal fever" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
puerperal fever tree recurrent fever relapsing fever fever antipyretic feverish symptomatic diagnostic quartan more...

Comments and discussion on the word "puerperal fever"