peripartum

peripartum
peri·par·tum -'pärt-əm adj occurring in or being the period preceding or following parturition <\peripartum cardiomyopathy>
peripartum adv in the peripartum period <infants were infected with the virus \peripartum>

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peri·par·tum (per″e-pahrґtəm) occurring during the last month of gestation or the first few months after delivery, with reference to the mother.

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