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Strangury :: Strangury (n.) A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by spasmodic muscular contraction..

Tetanus :: Tetanus (n.) That condition of a muscle in which it is in a state of continued vibratory contraction, as when stimulated by a series of induction shocks..

Brevity :: Brevity (n.) Contraction into few words; conciseness.

Myodynamics :: Myodynamics (n.) The department of physiology which deals with the principles of muscular contraction; the exercise of muscular force or contraction.

Rounding :: Rounding (n.) Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11..

''s :: 's () A contraction for is or (colloquially) for has.

Thermosystaltic :: Thermosystaltic (a.) Influenced in its contraction by heat or cold; -- said of a muscle.

Shrinkage :: Shrinkage (n.) The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc..

Bivalve :: Bivalve (n.) A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usually strengthened by prominences called teeth. The shell is closed by the contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the inner surface, as in the clam, -- or by one, as in the oyster. See Mollusca..

Electro-bioscopy :: Electro-bioscopy (n.) A method of determining the presence or absence of life in an animal organism with a current of electricity, by noting the presence or absence of muscular contraction..

Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.

''t Was :: 'T was () A contraction of it was.

Synedral :: Synecphonesis (n.) A contraction of two syllables into one; synizesis.

''em :: 'Em () An obsolete or colloquial contraction of the old form hem, them..

Sartorius :: Sartorius (n.) A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting..

Shrinkage :: Shrinkage (n.) The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement.

Artow :: Artow () A contraction of art thou.

Is''t :: Is't () A contraction of is it.

Ain't :: Ain't () A contraction for are not and am not; also used for is not. [Colloq. or illiterate speech]. See An't.

Contraction :: Contraction (n.) A marriage contract.

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