muscle contraction
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1. (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | shortening, |
| definition | : | act of decreasing in length (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | contracture, |
| definition | : | an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | tetanus, |
| definition | : | a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | uterine contraction, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | braxton-hicks contraction, false labor, |
| definition | : | painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | vaginismus, |
| definition | : | muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close; usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic examination (noun.act) |
| domain category | : | physiology, |
| definition | : | the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms (noun.cognition) |
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