Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for afterpain. Search instead for xHamster Spain.

afterpain

American  
[af-ter-peyn, ahf-] / ˈæf tərˌpeɪn, ˈɑf- /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

  1. pain due to continuing contractions of the uterus following childbirth.

Etymology

Origin of afterpain

First recorded in 1550–60; after + pain

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "afterpain" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com