puerperal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth

WordNet

Pu*er"per*al adjective
Etymology
L. puerpera a lying-in woman; puer child + parere to bear: cf. F. puerpéral.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever.

Webster 1913