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afterpain en · NOUN

Etymology

From after- + pain.

Meanings

1. Pain that occurs or remains after an event, such as surgery (especially dental surgery), eating spicy food, or simply an initial, sharper pain.
   • [Causes of] afterpain are rapid injection of the solution or using it too hot, and where the solution is taken from a stock bottle and not boiled; afterpain may also result from sepsis. The enigma of afterpain will undoubedly always by with us[…] 1924, Northwest Journal of Dentistry, page 7:
   • […] he vomited a great deal of red material. […] The sharp pain had not been continuous, but a dull afterpain persisted from one attack of sharp pain to the next attack of sharp pain. 1942, United States. Veterans Administration, The Medical Bulletin, page 113:
   • In spite of all our precautions to avoid afterpain, in spite of the fact that our instruments are properly sterilized and our technique is perfect in every way, nevertheless, pain often follows ex-tractions. 1928, Dental Outlook, page 137:
   • "And how long did the sort of afterpain last for on that [eating spicy nuts]?" "Till the following morning, for sure." 2021 June 18, “The Food Challenge That Almost KILLED BeardMeatsFood”, in Happy Hour Podcast:
   • After dental treatment, afterpain may occur. This is not caused by the administration of local anaesthesia but by tissue damage during dental treatment. Depending on the dental treatment, the expected afterpain may be severe[…] 2017 June 7, Jacques A. Baart, Henk S. Brand, Local Anaesthesia in Dentistry, Springer, →ISBN, page 66:
2. (in-plural, often) Pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta).

Forms

Translations (17)

fi jälkikipu (pain that occurs after an event) · ko 후진통 (pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth) · es entuertos (pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth) · cmn 後遺痛 /后遗痛 (pain that occurs after an event) · he כאבים עוקבים (pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth) · fi jälkipoltto (pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth) · gd ath-thinneas-cloinne (pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth) · he כאבי גרר (pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth) · de Nachwehe (pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth) · sv eftervärk (pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth) · nl nawee (pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth) · es tuertos (pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth) · cmn 產後宮縮痛 /产后宫缩痛 (pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth) · de Nachwehen (pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth) · vi đau hậu sản (pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth) · ko 산후통 (pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth) · pt dores tortas (pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth)