Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun uterine_contraction

1 sense of uterine contraction

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)
       => contraction, muscular contraction, muscle contraction -- ((physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber))