puerperium

名词 puerperium:

1. time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved

pu.er.pe.ri.um

n.（名词）
【复数】 pu.er.pe.ri.a[-pôr.ô-…]
The state of a woman during childbirth or immediately thereafter.
妇女在分娩期或紧接其后的时期内的状况
The approximate six-week period lasting from childbirth to the return of normal uterine size.
产褥期：从分娩到子宫恢复正常大小之间的大约六周时间

来源：
Latin [childbirth]
拉丁语 [分娩]
from puerpera [a woman in childbed] * see puerperal
源自 puerpera [产床上的妇女] *参见 puerperal