braxton hicks

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{i} Braxton Hicks contractions, sporadic painless contractions of the uterus that occur toward the middle of pregnancy or even earlier (named after John Braxton Hicks)
Braxton Hicks contractions
{i} sporadic painless contractions of the uterus that occur toward the middle of pregnancy or even earlier (named after John Braxton Hicks)
John Braxton Hicks
{i} (1823-1897) English gynecologist who in 1872 first described painless contractions of the uterus that occur towards the middle of pregnancy or even earlier
braxton-hicks contraction
painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency