FALSE LABOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does false labor mean? 

• FALSE LABOR (noun)
  The noun FALSE LABOR has 1 sense:

1. painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency

  Familiarity information: FALSE LABOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALSE LABOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Braxton-Hicks contraction; false labor

Hypernyms ("false labor" 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))