childbed fever childbed • childbirth · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · childbed fever · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 14 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon. Synonyms: puerperal fever, childbed fever. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · puerperal fever · · Synonym 1 Characters · · space U+0020 b latin small letter b U+0062 c latin small letter c U+0063 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 f latin small letter f U+0066 h latin small letter h U+0068 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C r latin small letter r U+0072 v latin small letter v U+0076