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CHILDBED FEVER

Dictionary entry overview: What does childbed fever mean?

• CHILDBED FEVER (noun)
The noun CHILDBED FEVER has 1 sense:

1. serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon

Familiarity information: CHILDBED FEVER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CHILDBED FEVER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

childbed fever; puerperal fever

Hypernyms ("childbed fever" is a kind of...):

blood poisoning; septicaemia; septicemia (invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection)

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