Afterbirth Definition
ăftər-bûrth
noun
The placenta and fetal membranes expelled from the uterus after the birth.
Webster's New World
The placenta and fetal membranes expelled from the uterus following birth.
American Heritage Medicine
The placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- secundines
- placenta
- heam (afterbirth of a beast)
Other Word Forms of Afterbirth
Noun
Singular:
afterbirth
Plural:
afterbirthsOrigin of Afterbirth
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From after- + birth (in the sense of delivery). Cognate with Danish efterbyrd (“afterbirth”), Swedish efterbörd (“afterbirth”). Compare also afterburden, afterburthen.
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