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Meaning of "childbed fever" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHILDBED FEVER

childbed fever  [ˈtʃaɪldˌbɛd ˈfiːvə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHILDBED FEVER

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Childbed fever is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CHILDBED FEVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

childbed fever

Puerperal fever

Puerperal fever or childbed fever or puerperal infection, is a condition that results from an infection of the female reproductive organs, contracted during or following childbirth or miscarriage. Usually diagnosed when cases of fever of 100.4 °F and higher during the first 10 days following childbirth or miscarriage are found. If untreated, it is often fatal. Historically, puerperal fever was a devastating disease. It affected women within the first three days after childbirth and progressed rapidly, causing acute symptoms of severe abdominal pain, fever and debility. The most common infection causing puerperal fever is genital tract sepsis caused by contaminated medical equipment or unhygienic medical staff who contaminate the mother's genital tract during childbirth. Other types of infection that can lead to sepsis after childbirth include urinary tract infection, breast infection and respiratory tract infection. Puerperal fever is now rare in the West due to improved hygiene during childbirth, and the few infections that do occur are usually treatable with antibiotics.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHILDBED FEVER


beaver
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believer
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bevor
ˈbiːvə
cleaver
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diva
ˈdiːvə
enfever
ɪnˈfiːvə
fever
ˈfiːvə
Geneva
dʒɪˈniːvə
kiva
ˈkiːvə
lever
ˈliːvə
Neva
ˈniːvə
receiver
rɪˈsiːvə
retriever
rɪˈtriːvə
riva
ˈriːvə
Shiva
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Siva
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transceiver
trænˈsiːvə
viva
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viver
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weaver
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHILDBED FEVER

child restraint
child seat
child star
Child Support Agency
child welfare
child-abuse register
child-bearing
child-free
child´s play
childbed
childbirth
childcare
childcare center
childcare worker
childcrowing
childe
childermas
Childers
childhood
childhood sweetheart

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHILDBED FEVER

African swine fever
buck fever
cabin fever
cat-scratch fever
dengue fever
east coast fever
ever
gold fever
haemorrhagic fever
hay fever
jungle fever
Mediterranean fever
Q fever
recurrent fever
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
scarlet fever
spotted fever
spring fever
swine fever
typhoid fever
yellow fever

Synonyms and antonyms of childbed fever in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «childbed fever» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHILDBED FEVER

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Translator English - Chinese

产褥热
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fiebre puerperal
570 millions of speakers

English

childbed fever
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रसूति ज्वर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حمى النفاس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

послеродовой сепсис
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

febre puerperal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাচ্চা জ্বর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la fièvre puerpérale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Demam bata
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kindbettfieber
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

産褥熱
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

childbed 발열
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Demam anak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sốt giường sản phụ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குழந்தைக்கு காய்ச்சல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बालके ताप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Küçük kızgın ateş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

febbre da parto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

połogu gorączka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

післяпологовий сепсис
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

febra lăuziei
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λοχεία πυρετός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kraamkoors
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

barnsängsfeber
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

childbed feber
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of childbed fever

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHILDBED FEVER»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHILDBED FEVER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about childbed fever

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHILDBED FEVER»

Discover the use of childbed fever in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to childbed fever and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Childbed Fever: A Scientific Biography of Ignaz Semmelweis
The story of Hungarian obstetrician Semmelweis (1818-65) who proposed a method of reducing the incidence of childbed fever in maternity wards in 1847, was scorned and ridiculed by medical professionals, and died in an insane asylum after a ...
Kay Codell Carter, Barbara R. Carter, 1994
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The Etiology, Concept, and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever
Carter’s translation of this radical work, judiciously abridged and extensively footnoted, captures all the drama and impassioned conviction of the original.
Ignác Fülöp Semmelweis, Kay Codell Carter, 1983
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The Tragedy of Childbed Fever
This book provides the first detailed account of this tragic disease from its recognition in the eighteenth century up to the second half of the twentieth century, examining it within a fully comprehensive history of infectious diseases.
Irvine Loudon, 2000
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The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange ...
Analyzes how doctor Ignac Semmelweis's reforms of the medical field led to his discovery of the correlation between hand washing and reduced infection, recounting how his work contributed to the establishment of germ theory.
Sherwin B. Nuland, 2004
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Childbed Fever: A Documentary History
First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Irvine Loudon, 1995
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On the nature, signs, and treatment of childbed fevers
Charles Delucena Meigs. Case by Chevillard, 220 of childbed fever described at length, 212 of cholera in labor, 203 by Dance, 126-130 of Dromeades's wife, 41 of febris gravidarum, 348 by Gordon, Elspet Robertson, 244 Mrs. Forbes, 262 by  ...
Charles Delucena Meigs, 1854
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Essays on the Puerperal Fever and Other Diseases Peculiar to ...
LEAKE ON THE CHILDBED FEVER. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . Seer. I.—The History of the Childbed Fever, deduced from the Symptoms of that Disease taken from the Living Body, and from an Examination of its Morbid Appearances after Death ...
Fleetwood Churchill, 1849
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The Challenge of Epidemiology: Issues and Selected Readings
This dark side of obstetrics is childbed fever. Each year I saw ten or fifteen crises in which the salvation of mother and child could be achieved. I also saw many hundreds of maternity patients treated unsuccessfully for childbed fever. Not only  ...
Carol Buck, 1988
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The Medical Times and Gazette: A Journal of Medical Science, ...
To come, however, to Dr. Meigs' statements in regard of childbed fevers. It is only in accordance with custom that Dr. Meigs uses the term “ childbed fever.” “ But I protest," he says, “ against its falseness; and I now put you, who are my pupils, ...
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Philosophy of Science for Nursing Practice: Concepts and ...
What was particularly interesting and concerning was that there was much more childbed fever in the First Maternity Division than in the Second Maternity Division. One hypothesis he investigated was that the birthing position might be the ...
Michael D. Dahnke PhD, H. Michael Dreher PhD, RN, FAAN, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHILDBED FEVER»

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'Romantic Outlaws:' a mother and daughter of spirit and heart
As was common in late 18th-century London, the author and early feminist Mary Wollstonecraft died of childbed fever less than two weeks after ... «The Seattle Times, Jun 15»
2
GET REAL: What do you believe?
In 19th century Hungary, it was common for mothers to die from a disease called childbed fever soon after giving birth. Hungarian physician ... «Nation News, Jun 15»
3
Following Mother/Daughter Duo Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Women, died of childbed fever just ten days after giving birth to Mary Shelley, ... «Jezebel, Jun 15»
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Ignaz Semmelweis, the doctor who saved lives by prescribing hand …
The cause was, invariably, childbed fever. And a miserable end it was: raging fevers, putrid pus emanating from the birth canal, painful ... «PBS NewsHour, May 15»
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Côte d'Ivoire: Everyday life at MSF's Katiola maternity centre
Without them she would have died from what, in the old days, used to be called “childbed fever.” We treated her malaria and fed her a balanced ... «Médecins Sans Frontières International, Mar 15»
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Who Was Jane Seymour?
Edward was born at Hampton Court Palace on 12 October, 1537; on 24 October, Jane died, probably from puerperal sepsis, or “childbed fever”. «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
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Confronting the challenge of poverty and inequality…
... epidemiological study, that doctors coming directly from post mortems on maternity patients who had died of childbed fever were infecting the ... «Slugger O'Toole, Feb 15»
8
Anne Tyler to Release 'A Spool of Blue Thread'
... old he watched his mother dying of “childbed fever.” The doctor said it would help if he ran to the neighbor's house to get her a cup of coffee. «Wall Street Journal, Feb 15»
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The tragic story of the doctor who first endorsed hand washing
A lot of women were dying of puerperal fever or childbed fever, but this itself was nothing out of the ordinary. What was strange was that women ... «ZME Science, Jan 15»
10
The Doctor Who Introduced the Virtues of Hand Washing Died of an …
Women in his maternity ward at the General Hospital in Vienna kept dying of a sweating, miserable illness called “childbed fever,” also known ... «Smithsonian, Jan 15»

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