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Contraction: The tightening and shortening of a muscle.
n. The act of contracting or the state of being contracted. A word, as won't from will not, or phrase, as o'clock from of the clock, formed by omitting or combining ...
noun 1. an act or instance of contracting . 2. the quality or state of being contracted . 3. a shortened form of a word or group of words, with the omitted letters ...
con·trac·tion (k n-tr k sh n) n. 1. The act of contracting or the state of being contracted. 2. a. A word, as won't from will not, or phrase, as o'clock from of the ...
contraction /con·trac·tion/ (kon-trak´shun) a drawing together; a shortening or shrinkage. Braxton Hicks contractions light, usually painless, irregular uterine ...
noun. a contracting or being contracted; the shortening and thickening of a muscle fiber or a muscle in action, esp. of the uterus during labor; Gram. the shortening ...