afterpain

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Pain that occurs or remains after an event, such as surgery (especially dental surgery), eating spicy food, or simply an initial, sharper pain.
    — [Causes of] afterpain are rapid injection of the solution or using it too hot, and where the solution is taken from a stock bottle and not boiled; afterpain may also result from sepsis. The enigma of afterpain will undoubedly always by with us[…]
  2. Pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta). in-plural,often

词形变化

afterpains plural

词源

From after- + pain.
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