afterbirthnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈɑːf.tə.bɜːθ/us/ˈæf.tɚ.bɝːθ/the material, including the placenta, that is pushed out of a woman's or female animal's body soon after she has given birth
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Obstetrics: birth
- antenatal
- birth defect
- birth rate
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- C-section
- caesarean
- childbirth
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- give birth idiom
- induce
- maternity ward
- midwifery
- obstetric
- posh
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- puerperal
- rooming-in
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