| NOUN | act | uterine contraction | a rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal |
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| Meaning | A rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal. | |
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| Part of | parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed | concluding state of pregnancy |
| Broader | contraction, muscular contraction, muscle contraction | (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) |
| Catalan | contracció uterina | |
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