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Meaning of after-drop in English:

after-drop

noun

Medicine Surgery

  • A continued or renewed drop in core body temperature occurring as a subject with induced or accidental hypothermia is rewarmed, resulting from the return of very cold blood from the extremities to the core circulation.

Pronunciation

after-drop

/ˈɑːftədrɒp/ /ˈaftədrɒp/

Origin

Late 16th century (in an earlier sense). From after- + drop.