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CONTRACTION. An abbreviation; a mode of writing or printing by which some of the letters of a word are omitted. See Abbreviations.

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Braxton Hicks contractions are irregular, usually painless uterine contractions that tend to occur from around the middle of your pregnancy and increase in frequency as your due date nears.
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Patients do not know the difference between so-called Braxton Hicks contractions and the real thing.
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I was sure they were braxton hicks contractions - false labour - but they did not ease off.
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