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MUSCLE CONTRACTION

Specialty Definition: MUSCLE CONTRACTION

Domain	Definition
Health	A process leading to shortening and/or development of tension in muscle tissue. Muscle contraction occurs by a sliding filament mechanism whereby actin filaments slide inward among the myosin filaments. (references)
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Crosswords: MUSCLE CONTRACTION

English words defined with "MUSCLE CONTRACTION": calcium blocker, calcium-channel blocker, clonic, creatin, creatine. (references)

Specialty definitions using "MUSCLE CONTRACTION": Anaphylatoxins ♦ Bronchial Hyperreactivity ♦ Complement 3a ♦ Dystrophin ♦ Hypersensitivity, Immediate ♦ Isotonic Contraction ♦ Myosin ATPase, Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase ♦ Neuromuscular Blocking Agents, Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents ♦ Sarcoplasmic Reticulum. (references)

Commercial Usage: MUSCLE CONTRACTION

Domain	Title
Books	Frontiers in Muscle Research: Myogenesis, Muscle Contraction and Muscle Dystrophy: Proceedings of the Uehara Memorial Foundation Symposium on Front (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: MUSCLE CONTRACTION

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		It is also important in nerve transmission and muscle contraction. (references)
		In the body, acetylcholine released at nerve endings causes muscle contraction. (references)
		Beta blockers slow the heart rate and lessen the force of the heart muscle contraction. (references)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MUSCLE CONTRACTION

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day
muscle contraction	46
muscle contraction headache	5
the mechanism of muscle contraction	3
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Modern Translation: MUSCLE CONTRACTION

Language		Translations for "MUSCLE CONTRACTION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		isometrisk muskelkontraktion (auxotonic muscle contraction, isometric muscle contraction, isotonic muscle contraction). (various references)

Dutch		spiertrekking (auxotonic muscle contraction, isometric muscle contraction, isotonic muscle contraction). (various references)

French		secousse musculaire isotonique (auxotonic muscle contraction, isometric muscle contraction, isotonic muscle contraction), secousse musculaire isométrique (auxotonic muscle contraction, isometric muscle contraction, isotonic muscle contraction), secousse musculaire auxotonique (auxotonic muscle contraction, isometric muscle contraction, isotonic muscle contraction), secousse musculaire (auxotonic muscle contraction, isometric muscle contraction, isotonic muscle contraction). (various references)

German		Anschlagszuckung (auxotonic muscle contraction, isometric muscle contraction, isotonic muscle contraction). (various references)

Greek		ισοτονική μυική συστολή (auxotonic muscle contraction, isometric muscle contraction, isotonic muscle contraction). (various references)

Pig Latin		usclemay ontractioncay.(various references)

Portuguese		contração muscular (jerk, twitch). (various references)

Spanish		contracción muscular isotónica (auxotonic muscle contraction, isometric muscle contraction, isotonic muscle contraction). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: MUSCLE CONTRACTION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-e-i-l-m-n-n-o-o-r-s-t-t-u"
	-3 letters: constructional, counteractions.
	-4 letters: concomitances, counteraction, counterclaims.
	-5 letters: anticonsumer, circumstance, concomitance, concomitants, consecration, construction, consultation, conterminous, continuators, contractions, controlments, counterclaim, counterstain, crenulations, curtailments, encrustation, instrumental, menstruation, mononuclears, nomenclators, occultations, reluctations, uneconomical.
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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions: Internet

5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography

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