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Detailed Synonyms for childbed fever in English
childbed fever:
childbed fever [the ~] nom
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the childbed fever
– serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon 1the puerperal fever; the childbed fever– serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon 1