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Noun: puerperal fever
  1. Serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon
    - childbed fever

Derived forms: puerperal fevers

Type of: blood poisoning, septicaemia [Brit, Cdn], septicemia [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Puerperal fever

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