Serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon.  Synonym: childbed fever.
 
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"Puerperal fever" Quotes from Famous Books — Home Life of Great Authors • Hattie Tyng Griswold  | 
Words linked to "Puerperal fever" :   septicemia, septicaemia, blood poisoning, childbed fever  | 
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