secundines

/ sɪˈkʌndɪnz, ˈsɛkənˌdaɪnz /

plural noun

1. physiol a technical word for afterbirth

Word History and Origins

Origin of secundines¹

C14: from Late Latin secundīnae, from Latin secundus following; see _second ¹

Example Sentences

The second infant being born, let the midwife carefully examine whether there be not two secundines, for sometimes it falls out, that by the shortness of the ligaments it retires back to the prejudice of the woman.

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The secundines weighed ten pounds and there were nine quarts of amniotic fluid.

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It was the birth of twins enclosed in their secundines.

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Woodson speaks of a case of twins, one of which was born enveloped in its secundines.

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There was no possibility that this was a case of retained secundines.

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