1. serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon; [syn: puerperal fever, childbed fever]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
puerperal fever
n 1: serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during
childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary
conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon [syn:
puerperal fever, childbed fever]