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Contracture - English meaning

Contracture – definitions in English dictionary

noun

A condition of shortening and hardening of muscles, tendons, or other tissue, often leading to deformity and rigidity of joints.

Usage examples:

Contracture of the hip in cerebral palsy
noun

A muscle or other tissue that has become permanently shorter causing a body part, especially a joint, to be the wrong shape, or the process in which this happens

Usage examples:

Joint/muscle contracture

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挛缩

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Contractuur

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Contraction

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Kontraktur

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अवकुंचन, निकोचन

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Contrattura

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구축

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Контрактура

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Contractura

Word origin

mid 17th century: from French, or from Latin contractura, from Latin contract- ‘drawn together’, from the verb contrahere .

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