braxton-hicks contraction braxton bragg • braxy · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · braxton-hicks contraction · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 25 · · Length 6 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency. Synonyms: Braxton-Hicks contraction, false labor. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 - hyphen-minus U+002D a latin small letter a U+0061 b latin small letter b U+0062 c latin small letter c U+0063 h latin small letter h U+0068 i latin small letter i U+0069 k latin small letter k U+006B n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 x latin small letter x U+0078