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post-partum

Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːtəm/

Definition of post-partum

adjective

Medicine & Veterinary Medicine

following childbirth or the birth of young: the custom of post-partum abstinence

Origin:

mid 19th century: from Latin post partum 'after childbirth'

post-partum in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of post-partum in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

post-mortem
post-obit
post-op
post-operative
post-paid
post-partum
post-production
post-punk
post-structuralism
post-synch
post-tax

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secretagogue

/ sɪˈkriːtəgɒg

noun

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