WordNet: puerperium
time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved; "a perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium"
- hypernym period, period of time, time period
puerperium
- (englanti) puerperal (derivationally related)
- (suomi) lapsivuodeaika (synonyymi)