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childbed fever

noun

Definition of childbed fever

: puerperal fever

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 No one could figure out why so many women and children were dying from puerperal fever—commonly known as childbed fever. — Michael Harriot, The Root, "The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Lotion Is the Cure for Racism," 18 May 2018

First Known Use of childbed fever

1701, in the meaning defined above

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childbed fever

noun

Medical Definition of childbed fever

: puerperal fever

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