释义 |
childbed fever noun[ U ] old-fashioneduk /ˌtʃaɪld.bed ˈfiː.vər/ us /ˌtʃaɪld.bed 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: A frequent cause of death in young mothers was childbed fever. He demonstrated that childbed fever was caused by doctors not washing their hands. Over and over women delivered of healthy infants died in agony of the mysterious childbed fever. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, vast numbers of postpartum women died from a disease known as puerperal fever or childbed fever. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Fevers & infectious diseases afebrile ague anaplasmosis anti-malaria anti-malarial delirious ehrlichiosis enteric fever Epstein-Barr virus EVD feverishly mumps rubella scarlet fever sleeping sickness staphylococcus Staphylococcus infection toxoplasmosis typhoid fever variola
Synonym
puerperal fever |