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uterine contraction

 
Noun uterine contraction has 1 sense
  1. 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
    --1 is a kind of
    contraction, muscular contraction, muscle contraction
    --1 is a part of
     parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed
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