puerperium

Noun puerperium has 1 sense

• puerperium(n = noun.time) Array - time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved; "a perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium"
is a kind of period, period of time, time period
Derived form adjective puerperal₁