afterpain noun2 •Pain that occurs or remains after an event, such as surgery (especially dental surgery), eating spicy food, or simply an initial, sharper pain.[…] 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 •[in the plural] Pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta). formsafterpains
