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Webster 1913 Edition

Puerperal

Pu-er′per-al

,

Adj.

[L.

puerpera

a lying-in woman;

puer

child +

parere

to bear: cf. F.

puerpéral

.]

Of or pertaining to childbirth;

as, a

puerperal

fever

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Puerperal

PUER'PERAL

,

Adj.

[L. puerpera, a lying-in-woman; puer, a boy, and pario, to bear.] Pertaining to childbirth; as a puerperal fever.