Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

puerperal fever

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables: puer-per-al fever
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fever, following childbirth or abortion, due to infection of the uterus.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It was the rise of penicillin, not improved hygiene, that finally conquered puerperal fever."

Usage

Inflected Forms

puerperal fevers (plural)

Synonyms

childbed fever sepsis puerperalis

Questions

What does puerperal fever mean?: A fever, following childbirth or abortion, due to infection of the uterus.

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