postpartum hemorrhage [L, post, after, partus, birth; Gk, haima, blood, rhegnynai, to burst forth] , excessive bleeding (a loss of more than 500 mL of blood) after childbirth.
postpartum hemorrhage [L, post, after, partus, birth; Gk, haima, blood, rhegnynai, to burst forth] , excessive bleeding (a loss of more than 500 mL of blood) after childbirth.