UTERINE CONTRACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uterine contraction mean? 

• UTERINE CONTRACTION (noun)
  The noun UTERINE CONTRACTION has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: UTERINE CONTRACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UTERINE CONTRACTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("uterine contraction" is a kind of...):

contraction; muscle contraction; muscular contraction ((physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber))

Holonyms ("uterine contraction" is a part of...):

childbed; confinement; labor; labour; lying-in; parturiency; travail (concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child)

 Context examples 

The length of time from the beginning to the end of a single uterine contraction during the labor and childbirth process.

(Duration of Uterine Contraction, NCI Thesaurus)

Consequently, prostaglandin synthesis is decreased, and prostaglandin-mediated activities are prevented, including pain, inflammation, fever and uterine contraction.

(Indomethacin Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Using pharmaceutical agents to influence uterine contractions and start labor during the childbirth process.

(Drug Induced Induction of Labor, NCI Thesaurus)

Fetal heart rate decelerations that occur with less than 50 percent of uterine contractions within a 20 minute timeframe.

(Intermittent Fetal Heart Rate Deceleration, NCI Thesaurus)

Increased cAMP levels leads to a reduction in intracellular calcium concentration, thereby causes smooth muscle relaxation and decreases the intensity of uterine contractions.

(Meluadrine, NCI Thesaurus)

Fetal heart rate patterns associated with maternal uterine contractions.

(Periodic Fetal Heart Rate Pattern, NCI Thesaurus)

An uterine contraction that is barely felt.

(Mild Uterine Contraction, NCI Thesaurus)

Fetal heart rate patterns not associated with maternal uterine contractions.

(Episodic Fetal Heart Rate Pattern, NCI Thesaurus)

A gradual decrease in the fetal heart rate and return to baseline that is associated with a uterine contraction.

(Early Fetal Heart Rate Deceleration, NCI Thesaurus)

The monitoring of both maternal uterine contractions and fetal heart rate during the process of labor and delivery.

(Cardiotocography, NCI Thesaurus)