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AFTERPAINS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does afterpains mean?
• AFTERPAINS (noun)
The noun AFTERPAINS has 1 sense:
1. pains felt by a woman after her baby is born; associated with contractions of the uterus
Familiarity information: AFTERPAINS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pains felt by a woman after her baby is born; associated with contractions of the uterus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("afterpains" is a kind of...):
pang (a sharp spasm of pain)
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