childbed (noun)

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• childbed — noun Date: 13th century the condition of a woman in childbirth …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• childbed fever — noun Date: 1823 puerperal fever …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• childbed fever — noun puerperal fever …   Wiktionary

• childbed — noun a) The final stage of pregnancy; confinement b) The bed in which a baby is born …   Wiktionary

• childbed — noun archaic term for childbirth …   English new terms dictionary

• childbed fever — noun serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon • Syn: ↑puerperal fever • Hypernyms: ↑blood poisoning, ↑septicemia,… …   Useful english dictionary

• childbed — /ˈtʃaɪldbɛd/ (say chuyldbed) noun the condition of a woman giving birth to a child; parturition …  

• childbed fever — /tʃaɪldbɛd ˈfivə/ (say chuyldbed feevuh) noun → puerperal fever …  

• premature labor — noun labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation • Syn: ↑premature labour • Hypernyms: ↑parturiency, ↑labor, ↑labour, ↑confinement, ↑lying in, ↑travail, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• blood poisoning — noun invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection • Syn: ↑septicemia, ↑septicaemia • Derivationally related forms: ↑septicemic (for: ↑septicemia) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• puerperal fever — noun Date: 1768 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary