Medical Definition of TRANSDUCTION. 1. : the action or process of converting something and especially energy or a message into another form. 2. : the transfer of genetic material from one organism (as a bacterium) to another by a genetic vector and especially a bacteriophageâcompare transformation 2.
Having cramps once you're past 37 weeks may mean you're in the early stages of labour. At this stage your pregnancy has reached term, so the cramps are a normal part of your body gearing up to give birth.
Loss of pregnancy often causes lower abdominal cramps. It can occur anytime up to the 24th week. Majority of miscarriages (about 87.5 percent of all miscarriages) occur before the 13th week of pregnancy. Apart from lower abdominal distress, women experience vaginal bleeding and pelvic cramps.