childbed fever

noun Pathology.

puerperal fever.

Origin of childbed fever

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby childbed fever

child-directed speech, child-free, child-resistant, childbearing, childbed, childbed fever, childbirth, childcare, childe, childe harold's pilgrimage, childe roland to the dark tower came

Medical definitions for childbed fever

childbed fever
[ chīld′bĕd′ ]

n.

puerperal fever