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anticontraction

anticontraction adjective: preventing uterine contractions during pregnancy.

Adjective

anticontraction (not comparable)

  1. Preventing uterine contractions during pregnancy.

Origin of anticontraction

From anti- + contraction.

Questions about anticontraction

What does anticontraction mean?
Anticontraction means preventing uterine contractions during pregnancy.
What part of speech is anticontraction?
Anticontraction is an adjective.

Words near anticontraction in the dictionary

  1. anticontinuum
  2. anticontra
  3. anticontraception
  4. anticontraceptive
  5. anticontractile
  6. anticontraction
  7. anticontractual
  8. anticontracture
  9. anticontrol
  10. anticonvective
  11. anticonventional

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