Uterine Contractions

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
UC
Pronunciation
/ˈjutərən kənˈtrækʃənz/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology

Examples in Context

  1. They are used in a vaginal suppository, causing uterine contractions to begin a few hours after insertion.
  2. An electronic device that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother's uterine contractions during childbirth.
  3. Uterine Contractions(UC) stimulated by breastfeeding usually pose no danger to the unborn baby and do not increase the risk of premature delivery.
  4. Study of intrapartum uterine contractions for dealing with exception of delivery and postpartum hemorrhage has important significance.
  5. The studies up to date have shown that Atosiban effectively inhibits uterine contractions with little side effects.

Other meanings of UC

Under Construction Gov
Use Case Computing
Under Control Gov
University of California Academic
Urgent Care Medical
Unified Communications Business
Upper Case Computing
Unified Communication Misc
Umbrella Corporation Business
University Campus Academic