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an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle
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Damage to a muscle or surrounding tissue that causes them to become shorter. This leads to deformity of nearby joints.
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| contracture |
inability to move a joint due to a permanent rigidity or contraction of a muscle.
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| contracture |
Arthritis or prolonged immobility can result in the involved joint becoming less freely moveable. Associated with shortening and wasting of muscles.
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| contracture |
scarring which can occur at the bladder neck after a radical prostatectomy and which results in narrowing of the passage between the bladder and the urethra
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