peripartum
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
peri- + Latin partum (“giving birth”), thus "around [the time of] birth"
Adjective[edit]
peripartum (not comparable)
- That occurs around the time of labor and childbirth (parturition) (typically, within a few weeks before, intrapartum, or within a few weeks after).
Synonyms[edit]
- puerperal (in its peripartum sense)
Hyponyms[edit]
- antepartum (soon before birth; within 30 days)
- intrapartum
- prepartum (soon before birth; within 30 days)
- postpartum (soon after birth; within 30 days)
- puerperal (in its postpartum sense)