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Definition of contraction
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Contraction
(n.) The
shortening
of a word, or of two
words,
by the
omission
of a
letter
or
letters,
or by
reducing
two or more
vowels
or
syllables
to one; as, ne'er for
never;
can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is..
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Origin
::
Origin
(n.) The point of
attachment
or end of a
muscle
which is fixed
during
contraction;
-- in
contradistinction
to
insertion.
Tetanic
::
Tetanic
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
tetanus;
having
the
character
of
tetanus;
as, a
tetanic
state;
tetanic
contraction..
Muscle
::
Muscle
(n.) An organ
which,
by its
contraction,
produces
motion..
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..
Volvulus
::
Volvulus
(n.) The
spasmodic
contraction
of the
intestines
which
causes
colic.
I''m
::
I'm () A
contraction
of I am.
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..
Vaginismus
::
Vaginismus
(n.) A
painful
spasmodic
contraction
of the
vagina,
often
rendering
copulation
impossible..
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..
Cello
::
Cello (n.) A
contraction
for
Violoncello.
Electro-muscular
::
Electro-muscular
(a.)
Pertaining
the
reaction
(contraction)
of the
muscles
under
electricity,
or their
sensibility
to it..
Spasm
::
Spasm (v. t.) An
involuntary
and
unnatural
contraction
of one or more
muscles
or
muscular
fibers.
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..
Labialize
::
Labialize
(v. t.) To
modify
by
contraction
of the lip
opening.
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..
Tensive
::
Tensive
(a.)
Giving
the
sensation
of
tension,
stiffness,
or
contraction..
I'' Ll
::
I' ll ()
Contraction
for I will or I
shall.
Crasis
::
Crasis
(n.) A
contraction
of two
vowels
(as the final and
initial
vowels
of
united
words)
into one long
vowel,
or into a
diphthong;
synaeresis;
as, cogo for
coago..
I''d
::
I'd () A
contraction
from I would or I had.
Soph
::
Soph (n.) A
contraction
of Soph
ister.
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