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afterbirth

[ af-ter-burth, ahf- ]

noun

  1. the placenta and fetal membranes expelled from the uterus after childbirth.


afterbirth

/ ˈɑ˴ڳÙəˌ²úÉœËθ /

noun

  1. the placenta and fetal membranes expelled from the uterus after the birth of the offspring
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afterbirth

/ ă´Ú′³ÙÉ™°ù-²úû°ù³Ù³ó′ /

  1. The placenta and fetal membranes expelled from the uterus following the birth of a mammal.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of afterbirth1

First recorded in 1580–90; after + birth
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He showed me one young lamb barely an hour old, its mother still licking the afterbirth off.

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Because they feed primarily on cow afterbirth and calf carcasses, they help clean up messes and reduce labor time.

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For once, Deborah feels what it's like to be upstaged, whether by her ego, her prejudices, or, at a clarifying low point, an animal's afterbirth.

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I could almost taste the dough, yeasty and full like afterbirth.

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“It was years later,†says Reed-Allen now living in Urbana, Md., “when I realized afterbirth had been left inside me and that I could have died.â€

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