afterpain
Meaning
- Pain that occurs or remains after an event, such as surgery (especially dental surgery), eating spicy food, or simply an initial, sharper pain.
- Pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta).
Etymology
From after- + pain.
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