uterine contraction
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1. 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 (noun.act)
hypernym | : | contraction, muscle contraction, muscular contraction, |
definition | : | (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) (noun.act) |
part meronym | : | childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail, |
definition | : | concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child (noun.state) |
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