afterbirth
afterbirth is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- after
- alternate
- amoebean
- append
- behind
- come
- coming
- consecution
- consecutive
- consequent
- continuation
- continuity
- ensue
- follow
- following
- going
- inferiority
- into
- latter
- next
- order
- place
- placenta
- posterior
- posteriority
- proximate
- rear
- secondariness
- sequacious
- sequence
- sequent
- step
- subordinancy
- subsequent
- subsequently
- succeed
- succeeding
- succession
- successiveness
- suffix
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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