contractions

Synonyms

labour labor compression abbreviation confinement shrinking condensation childbirth shrinkage dwindling diminution systolic parturition giving birth tightening
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Antonyms

smoothness ones singles

Phrases with the word

involuntary contractions involuntary muscle contractions disordered contractions of the uterus ineffective contractions of the uterus reflex contractions

Examples

Some animals on Earth regurgitate as opposed to vomit, i. e., stomach contents flow up into the esophagus without any forceful abdominal contractions. What I experienced in zero gravity was similar to this, expulsion without the heaves. Vanna Bonta

But how do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values, which then become subject to unexpected and prolonged contractions as they have in Japan over the past decade? Alan Greenspan

Giving birth is little more than a set of muscular contractions granting passage of a child. Then the mother is born. Erma Bombeck

The common error lies in failing to recognize that apparent trends can be generated as by-products, or side consequences, of expansions and contractions in the amount of variation within a system, and not by anything directly moving anywhere. Stephen Jay Gould

Mrs Prentice: My uterine contractions have been bogus for some time! Prentice: What a discovery! Married to the mistress of the fraudulent climax. Joe Orton

As long as I was breathing with the contractions and not pushing against them, I felt better. That idea is fundamental-to feel pain and not to resist; to go towards it. It is an incredibly spiritual practice. Christy Turlington