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LABOUR PAINS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does labour pains mean? 

LABOUR PAINS (noun)
  The noun LABOUR PAINS has 1 sense:

1. a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirthplay

  Familiarity information: LABOUR PAINS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LABOUR PAINS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

birth pangs; labor pains; labour pains

Hypernyms ("labour pains" is a kind of...):

pang (a sharp spasm of pain)


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