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noun Pathology.
a shortening or distortion of muscular or connective tissue due to spasm, scar, or paralysis of the antagonist of the contracting muscle.
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Contracture
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Word Origin & History
contracture
1650s, from Fr. contracture, from L. contractura, from contractus, pp. of contrahere (see contract).
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Medical Dictionary
contracture con·trac·ture (kən-trāk'chər)
n.
An abnormal, often permanent shortening, as of muscle or scar tissue, that results in distortion or deformity, especially of a joint of the body.
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