puerperium

NOUN /,pjuər'piriəm/

10 LETTERS · 5 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH P

puerperium is a valid 10-letter word worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS

P3U1E1R1P3E1R1I1U1M3

3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 =16 PTS

DOUBLE WORD → 32TRIPLE WORD → 48

MEANING

What does puerperium mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE

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”

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