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postpartum

/pohst-pahr-tuhm/US // poʊstˈpɑr təm //UK // (pəʊstˈpɑːtəm) //

产后,产后的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Obstetrics.

    • : of or noting the period of time following childbirth; after delivery.

Examples

  • Fabrics matter for pregnancy and postpartum because what the mom wears, the little one ultimately ends up wearing as well.

  • Later, she was among the first researchers to publish evidence to support screening for postpartum depression—now a common practice.

  • Scientists are still exploring the full implications of her findings, but Dulac and others are hopeful that they might yield useful insights into conditions like postpartum behavioral disorders.

  • Access to prenatal and postpartum care is incredibly unequal in the United States, and experts have long argued that telehealth can help fill in the gaps.

  • The committee pointed out that women constitute 75 percent of the health care workforce, and of those, 330,000 could be pregnant or recently postpartum when the vaccine becomes available.

  • Miranda Kerr made a point of being photographed breastfeeding in red pumps to announce her postpartum return to modeling.

  • When a new mother suffers from postpartum depression, that pressure can be fatal.

  • Tragically, she developed severe postpartum depression, crippling her with near-psychotic ruminations, anger, and guilt.

  • A court-appointed doctor later concluded that Mindi had experienced postpartum psychosis.

  • She had suffered postpartum depression after the birth of the twins.

  • Pituitary extract is recommended in cases of postpartum hemorrhage, but ergot is undoubtedly to be preferred.