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postpartum haemorrhage

phrase

C1CEFR level
70/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Excessive bleeding from the genital tract after birth, usually defined as blood loss over 500 millilitres.

A boggy uterus and heavy bleeding indicated a postpartum haemorrhage due to uterine atony.

Similar: PPH

Topic: Maternity in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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