throe
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Noun — A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.
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Etymology
The noun is probably derived partly: * from Middle English throu, throwe (“(chiefly in the plural) uterine contraction during the birth of a child; pain experienced while giving birth; suffering; a pain; emotional distress, anxiety”) [and other forms], perhaps from: ** Old English þrawu (rare), a variant of þrēa (“affl...
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