# puerpera

> English word · Noun · IPA /pjuˈɜː.pə.ɹə/

## Definitions
1. A woman undergoing puerperium; a woman whose uterus is still enlarged from pregnancy.
2. A woman who has recently given birth.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin puerpera (“woman in labor or childbed”), substantive of puerperus (“parturient, bringing forth children”), from puer (“child, boy”) + pariō (“to bring forth, bear”) + -us (adjectival suffix).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/puerpera