couvade
n. பழங்குடி மக்களிடையே மனைவியின் பேறு காலத்தில் கணவன் மேற்கொள்ளும் போலி நோய்.
Cou`vade" (k`vd"), n. Etym: [F., fr. couver. See Covey.] Defn: A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill. The world-wide custom of the couvade, where at childbirth the husband undergoes medical treatment, in many cases being put to bed for days. Tylor.