| puerile | (adjective) of or characteristic of a child | - |
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| (adjective) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity | Synonyms: adolescent, jejune, juvenile |
| puerility | (noun) a property characteristic of a child | Synonyms: childishness |
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| (noun) the state of a child between infancy and adolescence | Synonyms: childhood |
| puerpera | (noun) a woman in childbirth or shortly thereafter | - |
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| puerperal | (adjective) relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth | - |
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| puerperium | (noun) time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved | - |
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