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Laughter :: Laughter (v. i.) A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. See Laugh, v. i..

Firm :: Firm (superl.) Fixed; hence, closely compressed; compact; substantial; hard; solid; -- applied to the matter of bodies; as, firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood..

Pronator :: Pronator (n.) A muscle which produces pronation.

Ptosis :: Ptosis (n.) Drooping of the upper eyelid, produced by paralysis of its levator muscle..

Crick :: Crick (n.) A painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it difficult to move the part..

Infraspinous :: Infraspinous (a.) Below the spine; infraspinal; esp., below the spine of the scapula; as, the infraspinous fossa; the infraspinate muscle..

Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle..

Gastrocnemius :: Gastrocnemius (n.) The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg.

Buccinator :: Buccinator (n.) A muscle of the cheek; -- so called from its use in blowing wind instruments.

Metaleptic :: Metaleptic (a.) Transverse; as, the metaleptic motion of a muscle..

Inscription :: Inscription (n.) A line of division or intersection; as, the tendinous inscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle..

Compressor :: Compressor (n.) A muscle that compresses certain parts.

Thermosystaltic :: Thermosystaltic (a.) Influenced in its contraction by heat or cold; -- said of a muscle.

Creatin :: Creatin (n.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance found abundantly in muscle tissue..

Attachment :: Attachment (n.) That by which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments of a muscle..

Chorea :: Chorea (n.) St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.

Depressor :: Depressor (n.) A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part.

Syphering :: Syntonin (n.) A proteid substance (acid albumin) formed from the albuminous matter of muscle by the action of dilute acids; -- formerly called musculin. See Acid albumin, under Albumin..

Swift :: Swift (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds..

Contractility :: Contractility (n.) The power possessed by the fibers of living muscle of contracting or shortening.

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