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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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Crispation
::
Crispation
(n.) A very
slight
convulsive
or
spasmodic
contraction
of
certain
muscles,
external
or
internal..
Vaginismus
::
Vaginismus
(n.) A
painful
spasmodic
contraction
of the
vagina,
often
rendering
copulation
impossible..
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.
''s
::
's () A
contraction
for is or
(colloquially)
for has.
Swom
::
Swoln ()
Contraction
of
Swollen,
p. p..
Muscle
::
Muscle
(n.) An organ
which,
by its
contraction,
produces
motion..
Peristalsis
::
Peristalsis
(n.)
Peristaltic
contraction
or
action.
Spasm
::
Spasm (v. t.) An
involuntary
and
unnatural
contraction
of one or more
muscles
or
muscular
fibers.
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..
T''other
::
T'other
() A
colloquial
contraction
of the
other,
and
formerly
a
contraction
for that
other.
See the Note under That, 2..
Wrinkle
::
Wrinkle
(n.) A small
ridge,
prominence,
or
furrow
formed
by the
shrinking
or
contraction
of any
smooth
substance;
a
corrugation;
a
crease;
a
slight
fold; as,
wrinkle
in the skin; a
wrinkle
in
cloth..
Strabotomy
::
Strabismus
(n.) An
affection
of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be
directed
to the same
object,
-- a
defect
due
either
to undue
contraction
or to undue
relaxation
of one or more of the
muscles
which move the
eyeball;
squinting;
cross-eye..
An't
::
An't () A
contraction
for are and am not; also used for is not; -- now
usually
written
ain't.
Oxytocic
::
Oxytocic
(a.)
Promoting
uterine
contractions,
or
parturition..
Labial
::
Labial
(a.)
Modified,
as a
vowel,
by
contraction
of the lip
opening,
as /
(f/d),
/
(/ld),
etc., and as eu and u in
French,
and o, u in
German.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
// 11, 178..
Strictured
::
Stricture
(n.) A
localized
morbid
contraction
of any
passage
of the body. Cf.
Organic
stricture,
and
Spasmodic
stricture,
under
Organic,
and
Spasmodic..
Cramp
::
Cramp (n.) A
spasmodic
and
painful
involuntary
contraction
of a
muscle
or
muscles,
as of the leg..
Can''t
::
Can't () A
colloquial
contraction
for can not.
Hain''t
::
Hain't
() A
contraction
of have not or has not; as, I
hain't,
he
hain't,
we
hain't..
Artow
::
Artow () A
contraction
of art thou.
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