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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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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..
Soph
::
Soph (n.) A
contraction
of
Sophomore.
Abbreviate
::
Abbreviate
(v. t.) To make
briefer;
to
shorten;
to
abridge;
to
reduce
by
contraction
or
omission,
especially
of words
written
or
spoken..
Rigor
::
Rigor (n.) A sense of
chilliness,
with
contraction
of the skin; a
convulsive
shuddering
or
tremor,
as in the chill
preceding
a
fever..
Oxytocic
::
Oxytocic
(a.)
Promoting
uterine
contractions,
or
parturition..
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..
Round
::
Round (a.)
Modified,
as a
vowel,
by
contraction
of the lip
opening,
making
the
opening
more or less round in
shape;
rounded;
labialized;
labial.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
/ 11..
Thro''
::
Thro' () A
contraction
of
Through.
Skim
::
Skim (a.)
Contraction
of
Skimming
and
Skimmed.
Contractible
::
Contractible
(a.)
Capable
of
contraction.
Warp
::
Warp (v. t.) To turn or twist out of
shape;
esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by
contraction
or
otherwise..
Ammeter
::
Ammeter
(n.) A
contraction
of
amperometer
or
amperemeter.
Cello
::
Cello (n.) A
contraction
for
Violoncello.
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..
Inertia
::
Inertia
(n.) Want of
activity;
sluggishness;
-- said
especially
of the
uterus,
when, in
labor,
its
contractions
have
nearly
or
wholly
ceased..
Cramp
::
Cramp (n.) A
spasmodic
and
painful
involuntary
contraction
of a
muscle
or
muscles,
as of the leg..
Corrugation
::
Corrugation
(n.) The act
corrugating;
contraction
into
wrinkles
or
alternate
ridges
and
grooves.
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..
Incito-motor
::
Incito-motor
(a.)
Inciting
to
motion;
--
applied
to that
action
which,
in the case of
muscular
motion,
commences
in the nerve
centers,
and
excites
the
muscles
to
contraction.
Opposed
to
excito-motor..
Idiomuscular
::
Idiomuscular
(a.)
Applied
to a
semipermanent
contraction
of a
muscle,
produced
by a
mechanical
irritant..
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