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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
puerperal is an adjective meaning "relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth". It carries one recorded sense.
relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for puerperal come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.
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