ContractionWordNet Explorer
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the act of decreasing or reducing something
(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
act of decreasing in length
the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle
a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses
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
painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency