| 释义 |
puerperal fever
noun
or puerperal sepsis
: an abnormal condition that results from infection of the placental site following delivery or instrumental abortion and is characterized in mild form by fever of not over 100.4° F but may progress to a localized endometritis or spread through the uterine wall and develop into peritonitis or pass into the blood stream and produce septicemia — called also childbed fever |