puerperal fever (n)
childbed fever (n)

n14190493

type n
lex_filenum 26
def serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions)
def formerly widespread but now uncommon
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Hypernym blood poisoning, septicemia, septicaemia
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Hyponym blood poisoning, septicemia, septicaemia

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