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Webster 1913 Edition

(?; 135)

Noun.

[L.

contractura

a drawing together.]

(Med.)

A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles.

contracture ‎(plural contractures)

(medicine) An abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of a muscle; a deformity so caused

abnormal contraction of a muscle

contractūre