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Noun: false labour
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: false labor)
  1. Painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency
    "She experienced false labour several times before the real thing"; "She experienced false labour several times before the real thing";
    - Braxton-Hicks contraction, false labor [US]

Type of: contraction, muscle contraction, muscular contraction

Encyclopedia: False labour