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muscular contraction
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun muscular contraction has 1 sense
- muscular contraction(n = noun.act) contraction, muscle contraction - (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber); Array is a kind of shortening
has particulars: contracture, tetanus, uterine contraction, braxton-hicks contraction, false labor, vaginismus
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