uterine contraction

Noun uterine contraction has 1 sense

• uterine contraction(n = noun.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;
is a kind of contraction, muscle contraction, muscular contraction
is a part of childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail