afterbirth

English

Etymology

From after- +‎ birth (in the sense of delivery). Cognate with Danish efterbyrd (“afterbirth”), Swedish efterbörd (“afterbirth”). Compare also afterburden, afterburthen.

Noun

afterbirth (plural afterbirths)

1. The placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals.

Translations

material expelled after childbird

• Arabic: خلاص (khlaç)

  Moroccan Arabic: خلاص (khlaç), سلة (sla) (cows)

• Basque: haurrondokoa botatze (eu)
• Dutch: nageboorte (nl) f
• Finnish: jälkeiset (fi) pl
• French: délivrance (fr) f
• German: Nachgeburt (de) f
• Greek: ύστερο (el) (ístero) n
• Irish: slánú (ga) m

• Isthmus Zapotec: doo yoo
• Japanese: 後産 (ja) (あとざん / こうざん / のちざん), 胞衣 (ja) (えな / ほうい / ほうえ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: etterbyrd (nb) m

• Spanish: alumbramiento (es) m
• Swedish: efterbörd (sv) c
• Walloon: erî-fa (people), netieure, pureure, pareure, forbeure, dilive (animals, especially cows and mares)