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contracture

Pronunciation: /kənˈtraktʃə/

Definition of contracture

noun

[mass noun] Medicine

a condition of shortening and hardening of muscles, tendons, or other tissue, often leading to deformity and rigidity of joints: contracture of the hip in cerebral palsy [count noun]:the contractures had been caused by intramuscular injections