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10 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is born
originFrom after- + birth (in the sense of delivery). Cognate with Danish efterbyrd (“afterbirth”), Swedish efterbörd (“afterbirth”). Compare also afterburden, afterburthen.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- birthrate 14
- firebrat 13
- farther 13
- barefit 12
- rebirth 12
- father 12
- hafter 12
- thrift 12
- trefah 12
- bather 11
- bertha 11
- breath 11