afterpain (English, noun)
expansion: afterpain (plural afterpains)
Senses:
glosses: Pain that occurs or remains after an event, such as surgery (especially dental surgery), eating spicy food, or simply an initial, sharper pain.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta).
tags: in-plural
often
Forms:
form: afterpains
tags: plural