Word
muscle contraction, n.
(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
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contraction
muscle contraction
muscular contraction
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
contract
semantic pointers
hypernym
shortening
hyponym
contracture
tetanus
uterine contraction
Braxton-Hicks contraction, false labor
vaginismus
domain of synset (topic)
physiology