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afterbirth
CIDE DICTIONARY
afterbirth, n.
The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
afterbirth, n. Med. the placenta and foetal membranes discharged from the womb after childbirth.
ROGET THESAURUS
afterbirth
Sequence
N sequence, coming after, going after, consecution, succession, posteriority, continuation, order of succession, successiveness, paracme, secondariness, subordinancy, afterbirth, afterburden, placenta, secundines, succeeding, v, sequent, subsequent, consequent, sequacious, proximate, next, consecutive, alternate, amoebean, latter, posterior, after, subsequently, behind, sequence, coming after, (time), following pursuit, follower, attendant, satellite, shadow, dangler, train, subsequent, next, succeeding, following, behind, in the rear, in the train of, in the wake of, after.For further exploring for "afterbirth" in Webster Dictionary Online