afterbirth
[af-ter-burth, ahf-]
/ ˈæf tərˌbɜrθ, ˈɑf- /
NOUN
bag of waters
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Afterbirth, aft′ėr-bėrth, n. the placenta and membranes which are expelled from the uterus of the mother after the birth.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
