Afterpains

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Afterpains \Aft"er*pains`\ ([a^]f"t[~e]r*p[=a]nz`), n. pl.
     (Med.)
     The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the
     afterbirth. AS
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  afterpains
       n : pains felt by a woman after her baby is born; associated
           with contractions of the uterus