'Puerperal' definitions:
Definition of 'puerperal'
From: WordNet
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
Definition of 'Puerperal'
From: GCIDE
- Puerperal \Pu*er"per*al\, a. [L. puerpera a lying-in woman; puer child + parere to bear: cf. F. puerp['e]ral.] Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever. [1913 Webster]