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Astriction :: Astriction (n.) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy.

Strictured :: Stricture (n.) A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic..

Crispation :: Crispation (n.) A very slight convulsive or spasmodic contraction of certain muscles, external or internal..

T''other :: T'other () A colloquial contraction of the other, and formerly a contraction for that other. See the Note under That, 2..

Vaginismus :: Vaginismus (n.) A painful spasmodic contraction of the vagina, often rendering copulation impossible..

Won''t :: Won't () A colloquial contraction of woll not. Will not. See Will.

Corrugate :: Corrugate (v. t.) To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead..

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..

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..

We''ll :: We'll () Contraction for we will or we shall.

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..

Hemisystole :: Hemisystole (n.) Contraction of only one ventricle of the heart.

Labialization :: Labialization (n.) The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening.

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..

Wa''n''t :: Wa'n't () A colloquial contraction of was not.

Contraction :: Contraction (n.) The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as liabilities, obligation, debts, etc.; the process of becoming subject to; as, the contraction of a disease..

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..

Laxator :: Laxator (n.) That which loosens; -- esp., a muscle which by its contraction loosens some part..

Astringent :: Astringent (n.) A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc..

Thro'' :: Thro' () A contraction of Through.

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