labor pains

pain (pān) a feeling of distress, suffering, or agony, caused by stimulation of specialized nerve endings.

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bearing-down pain  pain accompanying uterine contractions during the second stage of labor.

false pains  ineffective pains resembling labor pains, not accompanied by cervical dilatation.

growing pains  recurrent quasirheumatic limb pains peculiar to early youth.

hunger pain  pain coming on at the time for feeling hunger for a meal; a symptom of gastric disorder.

intermenstrual pain  pain accompanying ovulation, occurring during the period between the menses, usually about midway.

labor pains  the rhythmic pains of increasing severity and frequency due to contraction of the uterus at childbirth.

phantom limb pain  pain felt as though arising in an absent (amputated) limb.

psychogenic pain  symptoms of physical pain having psychological origin.

referred pain  pain felt in a part other than that in which the cause that produced it is situated.

rest pain  a continuous burning pain due to ischemia of the lower leg, which begins or is aggravated after reclining and is relieved by sitting or standing.

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labor pains

pl.n.

Rhythmical uterine contractions that, under normal conditions, increase in intensity, frequency, and duration, and culminate in vaginal delivery of the infant.

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labor pains

Etymology: L, labor, work, poena, penalty

pain associated with contraction of the uterus in labor.