false labor

false labor

noun Obstretrics.
irregular contractions of the uterus prior to actual labor and without accompanying dilation of the cervix.
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false labor

noun
painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency [syn: Braxton-Hicks contraction
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