puerpera

1. (obstetrics) A woman undergoing puerperium; a woman whose uterus is still enlarged from pregnancy.Examples: "I saw a very serious hemorrhage result from relaxation of the uterus on the eleventh day when the puerpera had been frightened by a domestic quarrel."; "Since one of the principal reasons for keeping the puerpera in a recumbent posture is avoidance of strain upon relaxed and weakened supporting structures by a large heavy uterus, the length of the stay in bed is not made a matter of routine"; "A statistically significant circadian rhythm for urine volume was revealed in 6 of 10 pregnant women in the first trimester and in 6 of 9 puerperas on the 7th puerperal day."

2. (rare) A woman who has recently given birth.Examples: "An often proved Remedy to bring away what is, or should not be left in the Womb of a Puerpera, though it were Part of a dead Child."; ""I must acknowledge, if Kolletschka's disease and the disease from which I saw so many puerperae die, are identical, then in the puerperae it must be produced by the self-same engendering cause, which produced it in Kolletschka.""; "Among the ancient Iranians, the puerpera, like the menstruating woman, was regarded as "unclean"."rare