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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Contracture \Con*trac"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. contractura a drawing together.] (Med.) A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles.
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This article refers to orthopedic contractures, i.e., permanent shortening of muscles, tendons, and/or ligaments. For short-term contraction of muscles, including the normal action and function of muscles, see Muscle contraction . For non-orthopedic types ...
Wiktionary
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n. (context medicine English) An abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of a muscle; a deformity so caused
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, from French contracture , from Latin contractura "a drawing together," from contractus , past participle of contrahere (see contract (n.)).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle
Usage examples of contracture.
He was suffering contractures of his hands and a muscle weakness so pronounced that he could hardly move his head.
He was a complete surprise and terribly premature, and withered, and he spent the next many weeks waggling his withered and contractured arms up at the Pyrex ceilings of incubators, being fed by tubes and monitored by wires and cupped in sterile palms, his head cradled by a thumb.
It took the bradykinetic Mario all night and two bottles of Ajax Plus to clean the room with his tiny contractured arms and square feet.
He froze, worried about the excruciating contractures that occasionally racked the muscles that were still connected to extant nerves.
The paralytic ileus, the stress ulcers, hypotension and bradycardia, bedsores turning into decubitus ulcers, contractures as the muscle tissue began to shrink and threatened to steal away the precious mobility of his finger, the infuriating phantom pain—burns and aches in extremities that could feel no sensation.
The paralytic ileus, the stress ulcers, hypotension and bradycardia, bedsores turning into decubitus ulcers, contractures as the muscle tissue began to shrink and threatened to steal away the precious mobility of his finger, the infuriating phantom pain-burns and aches in extremities that could feel no sensation.
The paralytic ileus, the stress ulcers, hypotension and bradycardia, bedsores turning into decubitus ulcers, contractures as the muscle tissue began to shrink and threatened to steal away the precious mobility of his finger, the infuriating phantom pain—.