| NOUN | act | false labor, Braxton-Hicks contraction | painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency |
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| Meaning | painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency. | |
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| Synonym | Braxton-Hicks contraction | |
| Broader | contraction, muscular contraction, muscle contraction | (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) |
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