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LABOR PAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does labor pain mean? 

LABOR PAIN (noun)
  The noun LABOR PAIN has 1 sense:

1. pain and discomfort associated with contractions of the uterus during laborplay

  Familiarity information: LABOR PAIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LABOR PAIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pain and discomfort associated with contractions of the uterus during labor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("labor pain" is a kind of...):

hurting; pain (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)


 Context examples 


A type of labor where the labor pain or discomfort is felt by the pregnant mother in her back.

(Back Labor, NCI Thesaurus)



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