"afterpain" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: afterpains [plural]
Etymology: From after- + pain. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|after|pain}} after- + pain Head templates: {{en-noun}} afterpain (plural afterpains)
  1. (pathology, often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta) Tags: in-plural, often Categories (topical): Pain, Pathology Translations (pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth): nawee [feminine] (Dutch), jälkipoltto (Finnish), Nachwehe [feminine] (German), Nachwehen [feminine, plural] (German), כאבי גרר (keevéy grar) [masculine, plural] (Hebrew), כאבים עוקבים (keevím okvím) [masculine, plural] (Hebrew), ath-thinneas-cloinne [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), eftervärk [common-gender] (Swedish), đau hậu sản (Vietnamese)

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