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Definition of contraction
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Contraction
(n.) The act or
process
of
contracting,
shortening,
or
shrinking;
the state of being
contracted;
as,
contraction
of the
heart,
of the pupil of the eye, or of a
tendion;
the
contraction
produced
by
cold..
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Artow
::
Artow () A
contraction
of art thou.
Styptic
::
Styptic
(a.)
Producing
contraction;
stopping
bleeding;
having
the
quality
of
restraining
hemorrhage
when
applied
to the
bleeding
part;
astringent.
Strictured
::
Stricture
(n.) A
localized
morbid
contraction
of any
passage
of the body. Cf.
Organic
stricture,
and
Spasmodic
stricture,
under
Organic,
and
Spasmodic..
Peristaltic
::
Peristaltic
(a.)
Applied
to the
peculiar
wormlike
wave
motion
of the
intestines
and other
similar
structures,
produced
by the
successive
contraction
of the
muscular
fibers
of their
walls,
forcing
their
contents
onwards;
as,
peristaltic
movement..
Synallagmatic
::
Synalepha
(n.) A
contraction
of
syllables
by
suppressing
some vowel or
diphthong
at the end of a word,
before
another
vowel or
diphthong;
as, th' army, for the
army..
Laxator
::
Laxator
(n.) That which
loosens;
-- esp., a
muscle
which by its
contraction
loosens
some
part..
Bellows
::
Bellows
(n. sing. & pl.) An
instrument,
utensil,
or
machine,
which,
by
alternate
expansion
and
contraction,
or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air
through
a valve and
expels
it
through
a tube for
various
purposes,
as
blowing
fires,
ventilating
mines,
or
filling
the pipes of an organ with
wind..
T''other
::
T'other
() A
colloquial
contraction
of the
other,
and
formerly
a
contraction
for that
other.
See the Note under That, 2..
Pearlstone
::
Pearlstone
(n.) A
glassy
volcanic
rock of a
grayish
color and
pearly
luster,
often
having
a
spherulitic
concretionary
structure
due to the
curved
cracks
produced
by
contraction
in
cooling.
See
Illust.
under
Perlitic..
Shrink
::
Shrink
(n.) The act
shrinking;
shrinkage;
contraction;
also,
recoil;
withdrawal..
Skim
::
Skim (a.)
Contraction
of
Skimming
and
Skimmed.
Shrinkage
::
Shrinkage
(n.) The
amount
of such
contraction;
the bulk or
dimension
lost by
shrinking,
as of
grain,
castings,
etc..
Volvulus
::
Volvulus
(n.) The
spasmodic
contraction
of the
intestines
which
causes
colic.
Stringiness
::
Stringhalt
(n.) An
habitual
sudden
twitching
of the
hinder
leg of a
horse,
or an
involuntary
or
convulsive
contraction
of the
muscles
that raise the
hock..
Tetanic
::
Tetanic
(a.)
Producing,
or
tending
to
produce,
tetanus,
or tonic
contraction
of the
muscles;
as, a
tetanic
remedy.
See
Tetanic,
n..
Cramp
::
Cramp (n.) A
spasmodic
and
painful
involuntary
contraction
of a
muscle
or
muscles,
as of the leg..
Is''t
::
Is't () A
contraction
of is it.
''s
::
's () A
contraction
for is or
(colloquially)
for has.
Crasis
::
Crasis
(n.) A
contraction
of two
vowels
(as the final and
initial
vowels
of
united
words)
into one long
vowel,
or into a
diphthong;
synaeresis;
as, cogo for
coago..
Soph
::
Soph (n.) A
contraction
of Soph
ister.
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