muscular contraction

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Noun muscular contraction has 1 sense

contraction, muscular contraction, muscle contraction - (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
--₁ is a kind of shortening
--₁ has particulars:
contracture; tetanus; uterine contraction; Braxton-Hicks contraction, false labor; vaginismus

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