peripartum
English
editEtymology
editperi- + Latin partum (“giving birth”), thus "around [the time of] birth"
Adjective
editperipartum (not comparable)
- That occurs around the time of labor and childbirth (parturition) (typically, within a few weeks before, intrapartum, or within a few weeks after).
Synonyms
edit- puerperal (in its peripartum sense)
Hyponyms
edit- antepartum (soon before birth; within 30 days)
- intrapartum
- prepartum (soon before birth; within 30 days)
- postpartum (soon after birth; within 30 days)
- puerperal (in its postpartum sense)