| 释义 |
puerperal fever noun[ U ] medical specializeduk /pjuː.ˌɜː.pər.əl ˈfiː.vər/ us /pjuːˌɝː.pɚ.əl ˈfiː.vɚ/ a severe infection of the inside of the uterus that affects women after they have given birth to a baby, caused by bacteria: She died of puerperal fever after childbirth on 5 September 1548. The advances of medical science were slow to alleviate diseases associated with childbirth, such as puerperal fever. The doctor and his colleagues said it was puerperal fever, which (in those days) in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred ended fatally. She died at her home in Greenhithe, aged twenty-eight, of puerperal fever in 1865, eight days after the birth of her son. Prior to this time, puerperal fever was the commonest cause of maternal mortality, accounting for over 40% of maternal deaths. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Fevers & infectious diseases afebrile ague anaplasmosis anti-malaria anti-malarial delirious EHF ehrlichiosis enteric fever Epstein-Barr virus EVD mumps rubella scarlet fever sleeping sickness staphylococcus Staphylococcus infection toxoplasmosis typhoid fever variola
Synonym
childbed fever |