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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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Cramp
::
Cramp (n.) A
spasmodic
and
painful
involuntary
contraction
of a
muscle
or
muscles,
as of the leg..
Abbreviation
::
Abbreviation
(n.) The form to which a word or
phrase
is
reduced
by
contraction
and
omission;
a
letter
or
letters,
standing
for a word or
phrase
of which they are a part; as, Gen. for
Genesis;
U.S.A.
for
United
States
of
America..
Tetanize
::
Tetanize
(v. t.) To
throw,
as a
muscle,
into a state of
permanent
contraction;
to cause
tetanus
in. See
Tetanus,
n., 2..
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..
Idiomuscular
::
Idiomuscular
(a.)
Applied
to a
semipermanent
contraction
of a
muscle,
produced
by a
mechanical
irritant..
Soph
::
Soph (n.) A
contraction
of
Sophomore.
Shan''t
::
Shan't
() A
contraction
of shall not.
Ecbolic
::
Ecbolic
(n.) A drug, as
ergot,
which by
exciting
uterine
contractions
promotes
the
expulsion
of the
contents
of the
uterus..
Photo
::
Photo (n.) A
contraction
of
Photograph.
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..
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..
Coz
::
Coz (n.) A
contraction
of
cousin.
Volvulus
::
Volvulus
(n.) The
spasmodic
contraction
of the
intestines
which
causes
colic.
An't
::
An't () A
contraction
for are and am not; also used for is not; -- now
usually
written
ain't.
Systyle
::
Systolic
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
systole,
or
contraction;
contracting;
esp.,
relating
to the
systole
of the
heart;
as,
systolic
murmur..
Contraction
::
Contraction
(n.) A
marriage
contract.
Stenostome
::
Stenosis
(n.) A
narrowing
of the
opening
or
hollow
of any
passage,
tube, or
orifice;
as,
stenosis
of the
pylorus.
It
differs
from
stricture
in being
applied
especially
to
diffused
rather
than
localized
contractions,
and in
always
indicating
an
origin
organic
and not
spasmodic..
Ammeter
::
Ammeter
(n.) A
contraction
of
amperometer
or
amperemeter.
Hemisystole
::
Hemisystole
(n.)
Contraction
of only one
ventricle
of the
heart.
Convulsion
::
Convulsion
(n.) An
unnatural,
violent,
and
unvoluntary
contraction
of the
muscular
parts of an
animal
body..
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