afterbirth
pronunciation
How to pronounce afterbirth in British English:
UK [ˈɑ:ftəbɜ:θ]
How to pronounce afterbirth in American English:
US [ˈæftərbɜrθ]
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- Noun:
- the placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is born
Word Origin
- afterbirth (n.)
- also after-birth, 1580s, from after + birth.
Example
- 1. I am the midwife who examined the afterbirth .
- 2. Last time we met , you were covered in afterbirth .
- 3. It 's the afterbirth , you dickhead !
- 4. These include giving the mother a hormone called oxytocin . It helps the uterus expel the placenta , or afterbirth .
- 5. After she has given birth , the woman expels a so-called " afterbirth " from her .