puerperal fever

English

Noun

puerperal fever (countable and uncountable, plural puerperal fevers)

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

Synonyms

childbed fever
sepsis puerperalis

Translations

fever due to infection of the uterus

Chinese:
Mandarin: 產褥熱 (zh), 产褥热 (zh) (chǎnrùrè)
Czech: horečka omladnic
Dutch: kraamvrouwenkoorts (nl) f, kraamkoorts f

Finnish: lapsivuodekuume (fi)
Hungarian: gyermekágyi láz
Maori: mate kitakita pirau, mate kitakita whakapirau

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