puerperal fever

Noun
  1. Serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions);
    Formerly widespread but now uncommon (synset 114213975)
    is a type of: blood poisoning, septicaemia, septicemia - invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
    same as: childbed fever

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