Home › Words › A › afterbirthafterbirth/ˈæf.tɚ.bɚθ/afterbirth means the placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals.afterbirth is pronounced /ˈæf.tɚ.bɚθ/.EtymologyFrom after- + birth (in the sense of delivery). Cognate with Danish efterbyrd (“afterbirth”), Swedish efterbörd (“afterbirth”). Compare also afterburden, afterburthen.nounThe placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.afterburthen 72% match — Afterbirth. vs afterbirth →afterborn 57% match — Born after the father's death; posthumous. vs afterbirth →postpregnancy 57% match — After pregnancy. vs afterbirth →postpartum 57% match — After giving birth (often defined as within 30 days after childbirth). vs afterbirth →postabortive 55% match — Following an abortion vs afterbirth →heam 54% match — The amniotic sac; afterbirth or secundus of an animal. vs afterbirth →birthing 54% match — The act of giving birth. vs afterbirth →forebirth 54% match — That which precedes birth or is first-born vs afterbirth →