UTERINE CONTRACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uterine contraction mean? 

• UTERINE CONTRACTION (noun)
  The noun UTERINE CONTRACTION has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: UTERINE CONTRACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UTERINE CONTRACTION (noun)

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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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("uterine 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))

Holonyms ("uterine contraction" is a part of...):

childbed; confinement; labor; labour; lying-in; parturiency; travail (concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child)