English Explanatory Dictionary

afterpain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Pain that occurs or remains after an event, such as surgery (especially dental surgery), eating spicy food, or simply an initial, sharper pain.
  2. Pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta).

Word forms

afterpain afterpains

Etymology

From after- + pain.

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