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Noun: false labor  fols ley-bur
Usage: US (elsewhere: false labour)
  1. Painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency
    - Braxton-Hicks contraction, false labour [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: contraction, muscle contraction, muscular contraction

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