contracture

/kuhn-trak-cher/US // kənˈtræk tʃər //UK // (kənˈtræktʃə) //

挛缩,挛缩症,挛缩性,挛症

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Pathology.
- : a shortening or distortion of muscular or connective tissue due to spasm, scar, or paralysis of the antagonist of the contracting muscle.

The man was more confused than usual, and contractures had stiffened his thin legs into tent poles.
A contracture is then developed, and it may be transferred to the opposite limb by the approach of a magnet.
The secondary changes in joints which are the seat of paralytic contracture are considered with the surgery of the Extremities.
The suspension of this tonic tic by volitional effort accentuates its distinction from contracture.
In his opinion, the eye mobility negatived any idea of contracture consequent on central lesions.
Their characteristic feature is the fact of the contracture being voluntary in origin.