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false labor

noun

Obstetrics.
  1. irregular contractions of the uterus prior to actual labor and without accompanying dilation of the cervix.



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At first, she brushed it off as Braxton Hicks, false labor pains not uncommon in the late stages of pregnancy.

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When I was in the Army in the 1970s, I had her morning sickness and her “false labor.”

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But the day he touched down on the island, Wigfall went into false labor.

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The first – a military training and education company – was fined $3.2m to resolve allegations of false labor charges on a contract to support the US army in Afghanistan.

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She has had false labor pains, she feels heavy and out of breath, and she has binge-watched all the Netflix a person can handle.

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