afterbirth

Example Sentences

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They kept the exhausted Letay awake because of their belief that otherwise the afterbirth would fall back into her.

From Seattle Times

Even more than that, if he’s going around clicking these miserable lumps of hairy afterbirth out of existence, then he might actually qualify as the protagonist of Cats.

From The Guardian

The placenta may be dismissed as “afterbirth,” deemed an afterthought in discussions about pregnancy and even relegated, literally, to the trash bin.

From New York Times

Farmers also are encouraged to remove calf afterbirth quickly since black vultures are attracted to it.

From Washington Times

The placenta is delivered shortly after a baby is born, and is sometimes called the afterbirth.

From BBC