puerperal (redirected from puerperal tetany)

puerperal /pu·er·per·al/ (-al) pertaining to a puerpera or to the puerperium.

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pu·er·per·al (py-ûrpr-l)

adj.

Relating to, connected with, or occurring during childbirth or the period immediately following childbirth.

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puerperal

[pyo̅o̅·er′pərəl]

Etymology: L, puerpus, childbirth

1 pertaining to the period immediately after childbirth.

2 pertaining to a woman (a puerpera) who has just given birth to an infant.

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puerperal (pūer´prl),

adj relating to or occurring during childbirth or the period immediately following. See also postpartum.

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puerperal

pertaining to a puerpera or to the puerperium.

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puerperal fever

see mastitis-metritis-agalactia.

puerperal laminitis

see laminitis.

puerperal metritis

infection of the uterus in a puerperal female.

puerperal psychosis

1. whelping bitches sometimes display frenzied, destructive behavior and aggression.

2. sows, see farrowing hysteria.

puerperal tetanus

see tetanus.

puerperal tetany

see puerperal tetany.