| contractile |
capable of contracting or being contracted; "the contractile wings of an insect"
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| contractility |
the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter
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| contraction |
(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) compression: the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling" a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds; "`won't' is a contraction of `will not'"; "`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'" the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
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| contracture |
an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle
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| contraindication |
(medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment
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