| 单词 | puerperal fever |
| 释义 | puerperal fever (once / 29772 pages) n WORD FAMILY puerperal fever: puerperal fevers USAGE EXAMPLESHe writes of the hospital’s function in times of plague: yellow fever, cholera, puerperal fever, tuberculosis, swine flu, AIDS, even Ebola. Washington Post(Nov 18, 2016) Tolstoy’s wife Sofia almost died when she contracted puerperal fever after her fifth delivery, but he impregnated her again and again. Slate(Apr 28, 2016) Before proceeding to consider the nature of puerperal fever it is desirable to first recall the anatomical lesions with which it is associated. Various, A System of Practical Medicine by A...(2012) n serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon Syn|Hyper childbed fever blood poisoning, septicaemia, septicemia invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection |
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