00369802-n 'a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)';
 
Czech stah , stažení , kontrakce
Chinese (simplified) 肌肉收缩 , 收缩 , 肌肉 收缩 , （ 肌肉 ） 收缩 , （肌肉）收缩
English contraction 1 ( ⊳ ) , muscular contraction , muscle contraction
Indonesian penguncupan otot
Italian contrazione , contrattura
Japanese 収縮 , 筋収縮 , コントラクション
Malaysian penguncupan otot
Definitions
English
a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
Japanese
（生理学）体の一部または器官（特に筋肉や筋肉繊維）の短縮や緊張
Relations
Hyponym: vaginismus braxton-hicks_contraction contracture uterine_contraction tetanus
Hypernym: shortening
Domain–Category: physiology
Semantic Field: actn
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