POSTPARTUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does postpartum mean? 

• POSTPARTUM (adjective)
  The adjective POSTPARTUM has 1 sense:

1. occurring immediately after birth

  Familiarity information: POSTPARTUM used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSTPARTUM (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Occurring immediately after birth

Synonyms:

postnatal; postpartum

Context example:

postnatal development

 Context examples 

Women can also get postpartum depression after the birth of a baby.

(Depression, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)

Endometritis is the most common cause of postpartum fever.

(Endometritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Death resulting from conditions or complications which are unique to pregnancy and occur during the antepartum, intrapartum, or postpartum period.

(Direct Maternal Death, NCI Thesaurus)

In the vast majority of cases, it is an incidental finding during microscopic examination of a fallopian tube that was removed for sterilization purposes in the postpartum period.

(Fallopian Tube Metaplastic Papillary Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A potentially life-threatening pregnancy-related disorder characterized by tonic-clonic seizures in association with hypertension after the twentieth week of gestation and up to six weeks postpartum and in the absence of other potential causes of seizures.

(Eclampsia, NCI Thesaurus)