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Named after John Braxton Hicks, English doctor who described them.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Braxton Hicks contraction
Today it means: A sporadic uterine contraction during pregnancy; false labour. Full definition →
Today it means: A sporadic uterine contraction during pregnancy; false labour. Full definition →
Named after John Braxton Hicks, English doctor who described them.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.