Contraction

contração

(process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease)

contração

((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)

contração

(shortening of a muscle during its use)

contração

(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)

contração

(process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost)

contração

(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)

crispação

(shortening of a muscle during its use)