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Dupuytren's contracture

Syllabification: (Du·puy·tren's con·trac·ture)

Pronunciation: /dəˈpwētrənz/

(also Dupuytren's disease)

Definition of Dupuytren's contracture

noun

Medicine

a condition in which there is fixed forward curvature of one or more fingers, caused by the development of a fibrous connection between the finger tendons and the skin of the palm.