Contracture

//kənˈtɹæktjʊə(ɹ)//

Word Type

Noun

The word "contracture" can be used as a noun.

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Derived Terms

Dupuytren's contracture acrocontracture anticontracture contractural contractured hypercontracture lethal congenital contracture syndrome

Context

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

contraction muscle contraction muscular contraction

Type Of (IsA)

Related Terms

contraction deformity muscle

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