Contracture

Word CONTRACTURE
Character 11
Hyphenation con trac ture
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Definitions and meanings of "Contracture"

What do we mean by contracture?

An abnormal, often permanent shortening, as of muscle or scar tissue, that results in distortion or deformity, especially of a joint of the body. noun

A deformity resulting from a contracture. noun

Contraction, as of muscles; contortion produced by muscular contraction; specifically, a permanent shortening of a muscle. noun

Taking; catching: as, contracture of a fever. noun

A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles. noun

An abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of a muscle; a deformity so caused noun

An abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle noun

An abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of a muscle; a deformity so caused.

When a person's lips grant a facial expression of sadness when at rest or even when expressing joy. The lips fail to reach a horizontal orientation even when the person is attempting to smile. Urban Dictionary

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The word "contracture" in example sentences

A contracture is a shortening of muscles and tendons (cords) so that the full range of limb movement is prevented. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Food and Drug Administration or in the European Union for the treatment of Dupuytren's contracture, which is treated primarily by an open surgical procedure. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A submuscular placement of the breast implant reduces the risk of capsular contracture, which is a hardening of the tissue around the breast implant and is an undesirable complication. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's called capsular contracture … Women with capsular contracture often end up with disfigured breasts and pain. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Injections of the drug Xiaflex, approved by the FDA in February, treats Dupuytren's contracture by breaking up hardened collagen cords that curl fingers inward, offering an alternative to open surgery and a minimally invasive procedure using needles to divide the cords. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Using textured implants can reduce the risk of contracture (hardening of the capsule). ❋ Unknown (2007)

In addition, the FDA offers a pamphlet and a booklet that include photographs and describe many of the problems women experience with breast implants for example, capsular contracture, infection, and necrosis. ❋ M.D. Vivian Pinn (2006)

Bref il me regarde et me dit avec un sourire 'Bah c'est rien juste une enorme contracture musculaire! ca doit etre l'usage que tu en fait'. ❋ Pinku-tk (2006)

"I could have taken care of it easily months ago, " I said, turning the hand to look critically at the angle of contracture. ❋ Gabaldon, Diana (2005)

The one nearest me contained the hand of a person who had had such an advanced case of Dupuytren's contracture as to render the appendage little more than a knot of constricted fingers. ❋ Gabaldon, Diana (2005)

He had been suffering from a condition in the right hand called Dupuytren's contracture-or at least it would be called that, once Baron Dupuytren got round to describing it in another sixty or seventy years. ❋ Gabaldon, Diana (2005)

The greatest concerns being rupture, pain, what is known as capsular contracture -- that's where the capsule around the implant actually contracts, that can be quite painful -- disfigurement and severe infection. ❋ Unknown (2003)

However, there is -- there's a small contracture of the arm wound near the elbow joint here, and the baby can just, can just, has -- can just about fully flex the arm. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Rhyme tried to lift his head to see what was going on but a contracture—a merciless cramp—gripped his neck muscles and he had to lower his head to the grass until the pain passed. ❋ Jeffery Deaver (2001)

Try to overcorrect the contracture so that it will rest easily at a (90°) right angle when the cast is removed ❋ Unknown (1999)

This usually makes walking more difficult, and the disability more noticeable, than before the contracture was corrected. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Husband: Your mother looks looks so pissed off right now. Wife: Nope, she is smiling. Husband: Yeah, but she has a huge [frown]; it looks like an upside down U, like the old dude in Up. Wife: Oh, that's because [hse] has the [mother-in-law's contracture]. ❋ MILFwithMILcontracture (2010)

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