AFTERBIRTH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is born

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("afterbirth" is a kind of...):

placenta (the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus)

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