名詞 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.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 pu.er.pe.ri.a[-pôr.ô-…]
The state of a woman during childbirth or immediately thereafter.
婦女在分娩期或緊接其后的時(shí)期內(nèi)的狀況
The approximate six-week period lasting from childbirth to the return of normal uterine size.
產(chǎn)褥期：從分娩到子宮恢復(fù)正常大小之間的大約六周時(shí)間

來(lái)源：
Latin [childbirth]
拉丁語(yǔ) [分娩]
from puerpera [a woman in childbed] * see puerperal
源自 puerpera [產(chǎn)床上的婦女] *參見(jiàn) puerperal