contractions

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It is used to end pregnancies through 10 weeks gestation in combination with the drug misoprostol, which stimulates contractions and softens the cervix, allowing tissue to expel.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

With each step you take, coordinated contractions in your abdominal muscles help keep you stable and upright.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

After confirming that abdominal contractions drive brain motion, the researchers turned to the next question: how this movement influences fluid flow.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

The body’s accumulated patterns added up to the “Dark Vise,” defined by Hanna as the gradual buildup of muscular contractions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

She was completely disheveled, covered with dust, bleary-eyed, and doubled over from the pain of the contractions with which Alba was pushing her way out.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende