English noun: uterine contraction | |||
1. | uterine contraction (act) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | contraction, muscle contraction, muscular contraction | ||
Part meronym | childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail | ||