DICTIONARY ENTRY
5 SYLLABLES
puerperal fever
Puerperal fever has 5 syllables: pu · er · per · al fe · ver.
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noun. Serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon.
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