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CHILDBED FEVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does childbed fever mean?
• CHILDBED FEVER (noun)
The noun CHILDBED FEVER has 1 sense:
1. serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon
Familiarity information: CHILDBED FEVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
childbed fever; puerperal fever
Hypernyms ("childbed fever" is a kind of...):
blood poisoning; septicaemia; septicemia (invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection)
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