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afterburden en · NOUN

Etymology

From after- + burden.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of afterburthen.
   alt of afterburthen
   • The child neither cried nor seemed to breathe, but he could be given no succour until the womb was freed of its afterburden; and all efforts were centred upon this. 1937, Alan Frank Guttmacher -, Into this Universe: The Story of Human Birth, page 15:

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