| NOUN | act | muscle contraction, contraction, muscular contraction | (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) |
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| Meaning | (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber). | |
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| Synonyms | contraction, muscular contraction | |
| Category | physiology | The branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms |
| Narrower | Braxton-Hicks contraction, false labor | painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency |
| contracture | An abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle | |
| tetanus | A sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses | |
| uterine contraction | A rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal | |
| vaginismus | muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close | |
| Broader | shortening | Act of decreasing in length |
| Spanish | contracción muscular, contracción | |
| Catalan | contracció muscular, contracció | |
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