contracture
contracture
[kənˈtraktʃə]
noun
[kənˈtraktʃə]
noun
- [mass noun](Medicine)a condition of shortening and hardening of muscles, tendons, or other tissue, often leading to deformity and rigidity of joints
(医)挛缩
adduction contracture of the hip in cerebral palsy.
脑瘫引起的臀部内收挛缩。
[count noun]the contractures had been caused by intramuscular injections.
挛缩是由肌肉注射引起的。
- mid 17th cent.: from French, or from Latin contractura, from Latin contract- 'drawn together', from the verb contrahere
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