Usually means: Cramps following childbirth, contracting uterus.
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  1. afterpains: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. afterpains: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. afterpains: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. afterpains: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  9. Afterpains: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. afterpains: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  12. Afterpains: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. afterpains: FreeDictionary.org
  14. afterpains: Mnemonic Dictionary
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Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. afterpains: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. A-Z Family health glossary (No longer online)
  5. afterpains: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from WordNet (afterpains)

▸ noun:  pains felt by a woman after her baby is born; associated with contractions of the uterus


Opposite:
antepartum pain, prepartum pain, prenatal pain

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antepartum pain, prepartum pain, prenatal pain




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