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Contracture :: Contracture (n.) A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles..

Peristaltic :: Peristaltic (a.) Applied to the peculiar wormlike wave motion of the intestines and other similar structures, produced by the successive contraction of the muscular fibers of their walls, forcing their contents onwards; as, peristaltic movement..

Stunted :: Stunsail (n.) A contraction of Studding sail.

Tensive :: Tensive (a.) Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or contraction..

Icequake :: Icequake (n.) The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold..

Astriction :: Astriction (n.) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy.

Cramp :: Cramp (n.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg..

Diastole :: Diastole (n.) The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction..

Apostrophe :: Apostrophe (n.) The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where the letter or letters would have been; as, call'd for called..

Shock :: Shock (n.) The sudden convulsion or contraction of the muscles, with the feeling of a concussion, caused by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a charged body..

Ammeter :: Ammeter (n.) A contraction of amperometer or amperemeter.

Rigor :: Rigor (n.) A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever..

Electro-bioscopy :: Electro-bioscopy (n.) A method of determining the presence or absence of life in an animal organism with a current of electricity, by noting the presence or absence of muscular contraction..

Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (v. t.) To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken..

Contractible :: Contractible (a.) Capable of contraction.

Strabotomy :: Strabismus (n.) An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object, -- a defect due either to undue contraction or to undue relaxation of one or more of the muscles which move the eyeball; squinting; cross-eye..

Oxytocic :: Oxytocic (a.) Promoting uterine contractions, or parturition..

Convulsion :: Convulsion (n.) An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body..

Syncopation :: Syncopation (n.) The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.

Synallagmatic :: Synalepha (n.) A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army..

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