Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural The afterbirth.
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- noun Plural form of
secundine .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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To procure the expulsion of the secundines, apply a sternutatory, and shut the nostrils and mouth.
Aphorisms 2007
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Moreover, it is probable that the first production out of the earth, which was then vigorous and perfect, was self-sufficient and entire, nor stood in need of those secundines, membranes, and vessels, which now Nature forms to help the weakness and supply the defects of breeders.
Symposiacs 2004
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Moreover, it is probable that the first production out of the earth, which was then vigorous and perfect, was self-sufficient and entire, nor stood in need of those secundines, membranes, and vessels, which now Nature forms to help the weakness and supply the defects of breeders.
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It was the birth of twins enclosed in their secundines.
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The secundines weighed ten pounds and there were nine quarts of amniotic fluid.
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It was the birth of twins enclosed in their secundines.
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There was no possibility that this was a case of retained secundines.
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There was no possibility that this was a case of retained secundines.
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Woodson 3.47 speaks of a case of twins, one of which was born enveloped in its secundines.
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The secundines weighed ten pounds and there were nine quarts of amniotic fluid.
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