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cocontraction

cocontraction noun: the simultaneous contraction of two muscles.

Noun

cocontraction (plural cocontractions)

  1. The simultaneous contraction of two muscles
    • For example, it is possible that children with dystonia tend to favor the cocontraction strategy while healthy children tend to reduce overall muscular drive.2015 October 9, “Perceived Cost and Intrinsic Motor Variability Modulate the Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of cocontraction

pluralcocontractions

Origin of cocontraction

From co- + contraction.

Questions about cocontraction

What does cocontraction mean?
Cocontraction means the simultaneous contraction of two muscles.
What part of speech is cocontraction?
Cocontraction is a noun.
What is the plural of cocontraction?
The plural of cocontraction is cocontractions.

Words near cocontraction in the dictionary

  1. coconsul
  2. coconsuls
  3. coconsumption
  4. coconsumptions
  5. cocontinuous
  6. cocontraction
  7. cocontractions
  8. cocontractor
  9. cocontractors
  10. Coconucan
  11. Coconuco

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