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after-pain|ˈɑːftəˌpeɪn, æ-|
[after- 7.]
1. A pain which follows later.
a1556Cranmer Wks. II. 182 Although it be pardoned, yet after-pains thereof continue so long as we live. a1624Sir N. Breton in Farr S.P. (1845) I. 196 That bitter smart That inward breeds of pleasures after-paine.
2. esp. (in pl.) The pains that follow childbirth. Also fig.
1667Decay of Chr. Piety v. §11. 229 The throes and after⁓pains of conscience when sin is brought forth. 1751Chambers Cycl. s.v., After-pains are pains felt in the loin, the groin, etc. after the birth. 1754–64Smellie Midwifery I. 400 Women in the first child seldom have after-pains. 1857Bullock tr. Cazeaux, Midwifery 491 The after-pains are occasioned by the contraction of the womb. |