post-partum
adjective/ˌpəʊst ˈpɑːtəm/
/ˌpəʊst ˈpɑːrtəm/
(North American English also postpartum)
(North American English or formal) (also postnatal British English also)
[only before noun]- connected with the period after the birth of a child compare antenatal, prenatalTopics Life stagesc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryPost-partum is used with these nouns:
- depression
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin post partum ‘after childbirth’.Definitions on the go
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