Definition of "puerpera" [puerpera]

• A lying-in woman. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Anglia magnarum foecunda puerpera rerum, siue solum spectes nobile, siue salum;"
• "And hereof saith a noble versifier: Transit ad æthera, virgo puerpera, virgula Jesse, Non sine corpore, sed sine tempore, tendit adesse."
• "In Japan, the puerpera is not placed in the usual recumbent position, but sits propped up by pillows, the mat upon which she was confined being left in place."