Word: afterpains
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: af
ter
pains
Definition: Plural of afterpain; pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta)
Morphemes:
Affix: after-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: With adverbial or adjectival effect, forming compound words indicating something that comes afterwards in spacial position or time.
Affix: pain
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress
Etymology Compounds: Affix: poena
Language: la
Decoded: poena
Meaning: punishment, pain
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).