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    [Noun]  | "child*bed" | \ ˈchī(-ə)l(d)-ˌbed \


    1: the condition of a woman in childbirth


    Origin: 13th century ;

    [Noun]  | "childbed fever" 


    1: puerperal fever


    Origin: 1701 ;

    [Noun]  | "puerperal fever" 


    1: an abnormal condition that results from infection of the placental site following delivery or abortion and is characterized in mild form by fever but in serious cases the infection may spread through the uterine wall or pass into the bloodstream —called also childbed fever, puerperal sepsis


    Origin: 1716 ;

    [Noun]  | "childbed" 


    1: as in confinement, lying-in;


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