puerpera
/pjuˈɝ.pəɹ.ə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A woman undergoing puerperium; a woman whose uterus is still enlarged from pregnancy.
noun
A woman who has recently given birth.
Example Sentences
- "I saw a very serious hemorrhage result from relaxation of the uterus on the eleventh day when the puerpera had been frightened by a domestic quarrel."
- "Since one of the principal reasons for keeping the puerpera in a recumbent posture is avoidance of strain upon relaxed and weakened supporting structures by a large heavy uterus, the length of the stay in bed is not made a matter of routine"
- "A statistically significant circadian rhythm for urine volume was revealed in 6 of 10 pregnant women in the first trimester and in 6 of 9 puerperas on the 7th puerperal day."
- "Abdominal ultrasound of the puerpera usually does not require a full bladder, because the enlarged uterus directly abuts the anterior abdominal wall and can be scanned without difficulty."
- "An often proved Remedy to bring away what is, or should not be left in the Womb of a Puerpera, though it were Part of a dead Child."
- ""I must acknowledge, if Kolletschka's disease and the disease from which I saw so many puerperae die, are identical, then in the puerperae it must be produced by the self-same engendering cause, which produced it in Kolletschka.""
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin puerpera (“woman in labor or childbed”), substantive of puerperus (“parturient, bringing forth children”), from puer (“child, boy”) + pariō (“to bring forth, bear”) + -us (adjectival suffix).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: puerpera
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pjuˈɝ.pəɹ.ə/
- British English: /pjuˈɜː.pə.ɹə/