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Placenta vs Afterpain - What's the difference?

placenta | afterpain |

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).

placenta

English

(wikipedia placenta)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (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.
  • (botany) In flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop.

    • Synonyms

    * afterbirth

    Derived terms

    * placental * placentary

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    afterpain

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pathology, often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta)