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BRAXTON-HICKS CONTRACTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency
Synonyms:
Braxton-Hicks contraction; false labor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("Braxton-Hicks contraction" is a kind of...):
contraction; muscle contraction; muscular contraction ((physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber))
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