WordNet: 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

• hypernym contraction, muscle contraction, muscular contraction

• part holonym childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail

uterine contraction

• (suomi) supistus (synonyymi)