Puerperal fever and Parturient infection
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Puerperal fever
Puerperal fever noun - Serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon.
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Parturient infection and puerperal fever are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Parturient infection" instead a noun phrase "Puerperal fever".
Parturient infection
Puerperal fever and parturient infection are semantically related. You can use "Puerperal fever" instead a noun phrase "Parturient infection".
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Parturient infection and Puerperal fever. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/puerperal_fever/parturient_infection
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