afterpain

As nouns the difference between terms and afterpain

is that terms is while afterpain is (pathology|often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta).

As a noun afterpain is

(pathology|often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta).

As nouns the difference between placenta and afterpain

is that placenta is (anatomy) a vascular organ in mammals, except monotremes and marsupials, present only in the female during gestation it supplies food and oxygen from the mother to the foetus, and passes back waste it is implanted in the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord it is expelled after birth while afterpain is (pathology|often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta).

As nouns the difference between childbirth and afterpain

is that childbirth is (senseid)the fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy while afterpain is (pathology|often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta).

As nouns the difference between contraction and afterpain

is that contraction is a reversible reduction in size while afterpain is (pathology|often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta).

As an adjective uterine

is .

As a noun afterpain is

(pathology|often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta).

As nouns the difference between pain and afterpain

is that pain is while afterpain is (pathology|often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta).

As an adverb pain

is towards, in/to the direction of.