childbed fever
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1. serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | blood poisoning, septicaemia, septicemia, |
| definition | : | invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection (noun.state) |
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