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Definition of Afterpain
1. Noun. (context: pathology often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Afterpain
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Afterpain
Literary usage of Afterpain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1881)
"... will tend to show that insufficient rest between successive impregnations has
much to do with the greater liability to certain forms of afterpain in ..."
2. A Textbook of Gynecology by Charles Alfred Lee Reed (1901)
"... at the mucocutaneous border before applying the ligature, in order that the
nerves may not be included, and severe afterpain may be thus avoided. ..."
3. The Practice of surgery by Thomas Bryant (1873)
"... the afterpain in tbc-e always slight, the cautery entirely destroying the
sensibility of the ..."
4. Journal of Materia Medica (1877)
"By this means I secure a firm contraction of the uterus, preventing the formation
of clots of blood within its cavity, with a less degree of afterpain, ..."
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