Contracture

Definition: Contracture

Contracture

Noun

1. An abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle.

Etymology: Contracture \Con*trac"ture\, noun. [Latin expression contractura drawing together.]. (Websters 1913)

"Contracture" is a common misspelling or typo for: contractile, contractive, contractor.

Domain	Definition
Health	A condition of fixed high resistance to passive stretch of a muscle, resulting from fibrosis of the tissues supporting the muscles or the joints, or from disorders of the muscle fibres. (references)
Medicine	A permanent muscular contraction due to tonic spasm or fibrosis or to antagonists bein paralyzed. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: Contracture

Specialty definitions using "contracture": Compartment Syndromes ♦ Dupuytren's Contracture ♦ gnathospasm ♦ Motion Therapy, Continuous Passive ♦ Penile Induration. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Exercise Intolerance and Muscle Contracture (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Contracture is one of the most common and serious complications of cerebral palsy. (references)
		The resulting contracture can disrupt balance and trigger loss of previous abilities. (references)
		This technique is most often used when physicians want to correct a developing contracture. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "contracture": Dupuytren contracture ♦ Dupuytren's Contracture ♦ Hip Contracture. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "contracture"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		挛缩. (various references)

Danish		kontraktur. (various references)

Dutch		contractuur. (various references)

French		contracture (f), contracture. (various references)

German		Kontraktur. (various references)

Greek		συνολική, μόνιμος ή σπασμωδική συστολή του μυός. (various references)

Italian		contrattura (shrinkage). (various references)

Pig Latin		ontracturecay

Portuguese		contratura, contractura. (various references)

Spanish		contractura. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "contracture": contractures. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "contracture" (pronounced 'Con*trac"ture'): Acture, Admixture, Affixture, Anfracture, Aquapuncture, Arboriculture, Attainture, Aventure, Belecture, Cincture, Commixture, Compacture, Composture, Concreture, Confecture, Conjuncture, Connature, Constructure, Contexture, Creature, Decocture, Defeature, Dejecture, feature, fixture, Fructure, Galvanopuncture, imposture, intermixture, juncture, Loture, Metallifacture, misadventure, Misaventure, misfeature, Misnurture, mixture, moisture, Multure, Overmoisture, Overpicture, Painture, Paraventure, Parture, Photosculpture, Pisciculture, Pretexture, Pretorture, Projecture, Prompture. (additional references)

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	Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-n-o-r-r-t-t-u"
	-1 letter: counteract.
	-2 letters: occurrent, raconteur, recontact.
	-3 letters: accentor, accouter, accoutre, contract, courante, outrance, retroact, trouncer, truncate, turncoat.
	-4 letters: account, centaur, coenact, concert, contact, cornute, correct, counter, courant, courter, creator, curator, currant, current, curtate, enactor, outearn, outrace, outrate, rancour, reactor, recount, reoccur, retract, taunter, toccate, torrent, torture, tractor, trounce, uncrate.
	-5 letters: accent, accrue, acuter, atoner, attorn, attune.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-n-o-r-r-t-t-u"
	+1 letter: contractures.
	+4 letters: counterattacker, countercultural, counterreaction, nonarchitecture.
	+5 letters: counterattackers, counterreactions, nonarchitectures.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
dupuytrens contracture	137
capsular contracture	34
contracture	17
dupuytren contracture	7
contracture dupytrens	5
contracture cure dupuytrens	3
contracture volkmanns	2
bladder contracture neck	2
contracture flexion	2
capsular contracture photo	2
contracture muscle	2
hand contracture	2
breast capsular contracture implant	2
contracture duputrens	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Contracture

Definition: Contracture

Contracture

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Specialty Definition: Contracture

Crosswords: Contracture

Commercial Usage: Contracture

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Non-Fiction Usage: Contracture

Expressions: Contracture

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Contracture

Modern Translation: Contracture

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Derivations: Contracture

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Rhyming with "Contracture"

Anagrams: Contracture

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