period+of+childbirth
11time — I. n. 1. Duration. 2. Spell, season, interval, term, while, span, space of time. 3. Period, age, era, epoch, date, term. 4. Delivery, parturition, confinement, hour of travail, period of childbirth. 5. Fit season, proper time, opportunity, season …
12puerperium — noun 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 • Derivationally related forms: ↑puerperal •… …
13prenatally — adv. during the period before childbirth; in the manner of existing before childbirth …
14post-partum — [ pα:təm] adjective Medicine & Veterinary Medicine relating to or characteristic of the period following childbirth or the birth of young. Origin C19: from L. post partum after childbirth …
15puerperium — pu•er•pe•ri•um [[t]ˌpyu ərˈpɪər i əm[/t]] n. med the four week period following childbirth • Etymology: 1885–90; < L: childbirth =puerper(a) puerpera …
16labor — [lā′bər] n. [OFr < L, labor, orig., hardship, pain, prob. < base of labi, to slip, totter: see LAP1] 1. physical or mental exertion; work; toil 2. a specific task; piece of work 3. a) all wage earning workers as a group: distinguished from… …
17accouchement — n. 1 childbirth. 2 the period of childbirth. Etymology: F f. accoucher act as midwife …
18Meghwal — Megh/Meghwal A group of Megh girls at Kabir Jayanti function in Jammu, India Total population 2,714 …
19puerperium — noun (plural puerperia) Etymology: Latin, from puerpera Date: circa 1890 the period between childbirth and the return of the uterus to its normal size …
20antepartum — adjective Describing the period before childbirth; antenatal …
