宫缩

Traditional form:

宮縮

Pinyin (reading):

gōngsuō

Definitions:

• contraction of the uterus (during childbirth)

Characters:

• 宫 - palace; surname
• 缩 - to withdraw, to shrink, to pull back; abbreviation

Traditional characters:

• 宮 - palace; surname
• 縮 - to withdraw, to shrink, to pull back; abbreviation