Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals.
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Origin
From after- + birth (in the sense of delivery). Cognate with Danish efterbyrd (“afterbirth”), Swedish efterbörd (“afterbirth”). Compare also afterburden, afterburthen.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek χόριον
- χόριον (khórion)material expelled after childbirth
Arabic خَلَاص
- خَلَاص (ḵalāṣ)material expelled after childbirth
Basque haurrondokoa botatze
- haurrondokoa botatzematerial expelled after childbirth
Catalan secundines
- secundinesmaterial expelled after childbirth
Chinese Mandarin 胞衣
- 胞衣 (bāoyī)material expelled after childbirth
Danish efterbyrd
- efterbyrdmaterial expelled after childbirth
Dutch nageboorte
- nageboortematerial expelled after childbirth
Finnish jälkeiset
- jälkeisetmaterial expelled after childbirth
French arrière-faix
- arrière-faixmaterial expelled after childbirth
German Nachgeburt
- Nachgeburtmaterial expelled after childbirth
Greek ύστερο
- ύστερο (ýstero)material expelled after childbirth
Hungarian magzatburok, méhlepény
- magzatburokmaterial expelled after childbirth
- méhlepénymaterial expelled after childbirth
Icelandic fósturfylgja, hildir
- fósturfylgjamaterial expelled after childbirth
- hildirmaterial expelled after childbirth
Irish slánú, broghais
- slánúmaterial expelled after childbirth
- broghaismaterial expelled after childbirth
- salacharmaterial expelled after childbirth
- streachlánmaterial expelled after childbirth
- beireatasmaterial expelled after childbirth
- bruánmaterial expelled after childbirth
Japanese 後産, 胞衣
- 後産material expelled after childbirth
- 胞衣material expelled after childbirth
Latin secundae, secundae membranae
- secundaematerial expelled after childbirth
- secundae membranaematerial expelled after childbirth
Latvian placenta
- placentamaterial expelled after childbirth
Māori ewe
- ewematerial expelled after childbirth
Norwegian Bokmål etterbyrd
- etterbyrdmaterial expelled after childbirth
Portuguese secundinas
- secundinasmaterial expelled after childbirth
Romanian placentă
- placentămaterial expelled after childbirth
Russian после́д, де́тское ме́сто
- после́д (posléd)material expelled after childbirth
- де́тское ме́сто (détskoje mésto)material expelled after childbirth
Spanish alumbramiento
- alumbramientomaterial expelled after childbirth
Swedish efterbörd
- efterbördmaterial expelled after childbirth
Turkish döl eşi, son
- döl eşimaterial expelled after childbirth
- sonmaterial expelled after childbirth
- eşmaterial expelled after childbirth
- meşimematerial expelled after childbirth
- etenematerial expelled after childbirth
- plasentamaterial expelled after childbirth
Welsh brych, briw
- brychmaterial expelled after childbirth
- briwmaterial expelled after childbirth
Cite this entry
APA
afterbirth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterbirth
MLA
“afterbirth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterbirth. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “afterbirth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterbirth.
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