afterburden

English

Etymology

From after- +‎ burden

Noun

afterburden (plural afterburdens)

  1. Alternative form of afterburthen
    • 1937, Alan Frank Guttmacher -, Into this Universe: The Story of Human Birth, page 15:
      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.
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