puerperal fever

English

Noun

puerperal fever (countable and uncountable, plural puerperal fevers)

(pathology, obstetrics) A fever, following childbirth or abortion, due to infection of the uterus.
- 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 344:
  It was the rise of penicillin, not improved hygiene, that finally conquered puerperal fever.

Synonyms

childbed fever
sepsis puerperalis

Translations

fever due to infection of the uterus

Chinese:
Mandarin: 產褥熱／产褥热 (zh) (chǎnrùrè)
Czech: horečka omladnic
Dutch: kraamvrouwenkoorts (nl) f, kraamkoorts f
Finnish: lapsivuodekuume (fi)
Hungarian: gyermekágyi láz
Maori: mate kitakita pirau, mate kitakita whakapirau
Romanian: febră puerperală (ro) f
Russian: роди́льная горя́чка f (rodílʹnaja gorjáčka)
Swedish: barnsängsfeber (sv) c, puerperalfeber (sv) c
Ukrainian: поло́го́ва гаря́чка f (polóhóva harjáčka)

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