Usually means: False labor pains before childbirth.
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▸ noun:  (obstetrics) A sporadic uterine contraction during pregnancy; false labour.

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tachysystole, pseudopregnancy, labour pain, lightening, cramps, clonus, rupture of membranes, pseudocyesis, false pregnancy, hypercontraction, more...

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tachysystole, pseudopregnancy, labour pain, lightening, cramps, clonus, rupture of membranes, pseudocyesis, false pregnancy, hypercontraction, more...



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