Meanings
plural puerperal fevers
- countableuncountablemedicineA fever, following childbirth or abortion, due to infection of the uterus.
It was the rise of penicillin, not improved hygiene, that finally conquered puerperal fever.
2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 344Synonyms: childbed fever, sepsis puerperalis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fever, following childbirth or abortion, due to infection of the uterus.
More synonyms by meaning
nounserious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 產褥熱 /产褥热
- 產褥熱 /产褥热 (chǎnrùrè)fever due to infection of the uterus
Czech horečka omladnic
- horečka omladnicfever due to infection of the uterus
Dutch kraamvrouwenkoorts, kraamkoorts
- kraamvrouwenkoortsfever due to infection of the uterus
- kraamkoortsfever due to infection of the uterus
Finnish lapsivuodekuume
- lapsivuodekuumefever due to infection of the uterus
Hungarian gyermekágyi láz
- gyermekágyi lázfever due to infection of the uterus
Indonesian demam nifas
- demam nifasfever due to infection of the uterus
Malay demam puerpera
- demam puerperafever due to infection of the uterus
Māori mate kitakita pirau, mate kitakita whakapirau
- mate kitakita piraufever due to infection of the uterus
- mate kitakita whakapiraufever due to infection of the uterus
Polish zakażenie połogowe, gorączka połogowa
- zakażenie połogowefever due to infection of the uterus
- gorączka połogowafever due to infection of the uterus
Romanian febră puerperală
- febră puerperalăfever due to infection of the uterus
Russian роди́льная горя́чка
- роди́льная горя́чка (rodílʹnaja gorjáčka)fever due to infection of the uterus
Swedish barnsängsfeber, puerperalfeber
- barnsängsfeberfever due to infection of the uterus
- puerperalfeberfever due to infection of the uterus
Turkish loğusa humması
- loğusa hummasıfever due to infection of the uterus
Ukrainian поло́го́ва гаря́чка
- поло́го́ва гаря́чка (polóhóva harjáčka)fever due to infection of the uterus
Cite this entry
puerperal fever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puerperal%20fever
“puerperal fever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puerperal%20fever. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “puerperal fever,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puerperal%20fever.
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