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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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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..
Volvulus
::
Volvulus
(n.) The
spasmodic
contraction
of the
intestines
which
causes
colic.
''em
::
'Em () An
obsolete
or
colloquial
contraction
of the old form hem,
them..
Lockjaw
::
Lockjaw
(n.) A
contraction
of the
muscles
of the jaw by which its
motion
is
suspended;
a
variety
of
tetanus.
Photo
::
Photo (n.) A
contraction
of
Photograph.
Corrugation
::
Corrugation
(n.) The act
corrugating;
contraction
into
wrinkles
or
alternate
ridges
and
grooves.
Myosis
::
Myosis
(n.)
Long-continued
contraction
of the pupil of the eye.
Excito-motory
::
Excito-motory
(a.)
Exciting
motion;
-- said of that
portion
of the
nervous
system
concerned
in
reflex
actions,
by which
impressions
are
transmitted
to a nerve
center
and then
reflected
back so as to
produce
muscular
contraction
without
sensation
or
volition..
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..
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..
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..
Strangury
::
Strangury
(n.) A
painful
discharge
of
urine,
drop by drop,
produced
by
spasmodic
muscular
contraction..
Stamped
::
Stammering
(n.) A
disturbance
in the
formation
of
sounds.
It is due
essentially
to
long-continued
spasmodic
contraction
of the
diaphragm,
by which
expiration
is
preented,
and hence it may be
considered
as a
spasmodic
inspiration..
Ecbolic
::
Ecbolic
(n.) A drug, as
ergot,
which by
exciting
uterine
contractions
promotes
the
expulsion
of the
contents
of the
uterus..
Rounded
::
Rounded
(a.)
Modified
by
contraction
of the lip
opening;
labialized;
labial.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
/ 11..
Tetanize
::
Tetanize
(v. t.) To
throw,
as a
muscle,
into a state of
permanent
contraction;
to cause
tetanus
in. See
Tetanus,
n., 2..
Rigor
::
Rigor (n.) A sense of
chilliness,
with
contraction
of the skin; a
convulsive
shuddering
or
tremor,
as in the chill
preceding
a
fever..
Astriction
::
Astriction
(n.) A
contraction
of parts by
applications;
the
action
of an
astringent
substance
on the
animal
economy.
Oxytocic
::
Oxytocic
(a.)
Promoting
uterine
contractions,
or
parturition..
Strictured
::
Stricture
(n.) A
localized
morbid
contraction
of any
passage
of the body. Cf.
Organic
stricture,
and
Spasmodic
stricture,
under
Organic,
and
Spasmodic..
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