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Definition of contraction
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Contraction
(n.)
Something
contracted
or
abbreviated,
as a word or
phrase;
-- as,
plenipo
for
plenipotentiary;
crim. con. for
criminal
conversation,
etc..
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Hiccough
::
Hiccough
(n.) A
modified
respiratory
movement;
a
spasmodic
inspiration,
consisting
of a
sudden
contraction
of the
diaphragm,
accompanied
with
closure
of the
glottis,
so that
further
entrance
of air is
prevented,
while the
impulse
of the
column
of air
entering
and
striking
upon the
closed
glottis
produces
a
sound,
or
hiccough..
An't
::
An't () A
contraction
for are and am not; also used for is not; -- now
usually
written
ain't.
Myotic
::
Myotic
(a.)
Producing
myosis,
or
contraction
of the pupil of the eye, as
opium,
calabar
bean, etc..
Whate''er
::
Whate'er
(pron.)
A
contraction
of
what-ever;
-- used in
poetry.
Pulmograde
::
Pulmograde
(a.)
Swimming
by the
expansion
and
contraction,
or
lunglike
movement,
of the body, or of the disk, as do the
medusae..
Hemisystole
::
Hemisystole
(n.)
Contraction
of only one
ventricle
of the
heart.
Asthma
::
Asthma
(n.) A
disease,
characterized
by
difficulty
of
breathing
(due to a
spasmodic
contraction
of the
bronchi),
recurring
at
intervals,
accompanied
with a
wheezing
sound,
a sense of
constriction
in the
chest,
a
cough,
and
expectoration..
Contraction
::
Contraction
(n.) The
process
of
shortening
an
operation.
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..
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..
Han''t
::
Han't () A
contraction
of have not, or has not, used in
illiterate
speech.
In the
United
States
the
commoner
spelling
is
hain't..
Brevity
::
Brevity
(n.)
Contraction
into few
words;
conciseness.
Soph
::
Soph (n.) A
contraction
of Soph
ister.
Shock
::
Shock (n.) The
sudden
convulsion
or
contraction
of the
muscles,
with the
feeling
of a
concussion,
caused
by the
discharge,
through
the
animal
system,
of
electricity
from a
charged
body..
Vaginismus
::
Vaginismus
(n.) A
painful
spasmodic
contraction
of the
vagina,
often
rendering
copulation
impossible..
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..
Halt
::
Halt () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold,
contraction
for
holdeth..
Systolic
::
Systole
(n.) The
contraction
of the heart and
arteries
by which the blood is
forced
onward
and the
circulation
kept up; --
correlative
to
diastole.
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..
Tetanize
::
Tetanize
(v. t.) To
throw,
as a
muscle,
into a state of
permanent
contraction;
to cause
tetanus
in. See
Tetanus,
n., 2..
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