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Noun: labour pains
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: labor pains)
  1. A regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth
    "Her labour pains intensified as she neared the final stages of delivery";
    - birth pangs, labor pains [US]
Noun: labour pain
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: labor pain)
  1. Pain and discomfort associated with contractions of the uterus during labour
    "Her labour pains intensified as she neared delivery";
    - labor pain [US]

Type of: hurting, pain, pang

Encyclopedia: Labour pain