| 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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| contralateral |
on or relating to the opposite side (of the body)
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| contrast |
the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; "in contrast to", "by contrast" the act of distinguishing by comparing differences line: a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity" the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; "The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student" to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities" the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)
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| contraceptive diaphragm |
diaphragm: a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix
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