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peripartum

adj :  occurring in or being the period preceding or following parturition < cardiomyopathy> 
adv :  in the peripartum period <most children infected with the virus manifest the disease in the first year of life>  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  pre·par·tum 

 
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