contracture
a shortening or distortion of muscular or connective tissue due to spasm, scar, or paralysis of the antagonist of the contracting muscle.
Origin of contracture
1Other words from contracture
- con·trac·tured, adjective
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How to use contracture in a sentence
The man was more confused than usual, and contractures had stiffened his thin legs into tent poles.
The Broken Front Line | by Ava Kofman, photography by Kendrick Brinson and David Walter Banks | April 7, 2021 | ProPublicaA contracture is then developed, and it may be transferred to the opposite limb by the approach of a magnet.
Insomnia; and Other Disorders of Sleep | Henry M. LymanThe secondary changes in joints which are the seat of paralytic contracture are considered with the surgery of the Extremities.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander MilesThe suspension of this tonic tic by volitional effort accentuates its distinction from contracture.
Tics and Their Treatment | Henry MeigneIn his opinion, the eye mobility negatived any idea of contracture consequent on central lesions.
Tics and Their Treatment | Henry Meigne
Their characteristic feature is the fact of the contracture being voluntary in origin.
Tics and Their Treatment | Henry Meigne
British Dictionary definitions for contracture
/ (kənˈtræktʃə) /
a disorder in which a skeletal muscle is permanently tightened (contracted), most often caused by spasm or paralysis of the antagonist muscle that maintains normal muscle tension
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