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contracture

/kənˈtɹæktjʊə(ɹ)/

contracture noun: an abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of a muscle or skin; a deformity so caused.

Noun

contracture (countable and uncountable, plural contractures)

  1. An abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of a muscle or skin; a deformity so caused.
    • Even if in the initial phase of acute hand burn injury all treatment measures have been executed properly, postburn deformities still occur and are the most common cause of skin contracture in the hand. Postburn scarring and contractures affect the function as well as the aesthetic appearance of...2010, Scott W. Wolfe, William C. Pederson, Robert N. Hotchkiss, Green's Operative Hand Surgery, Sixth Edition, page 2099
    • In general, the technique resulted in faster healing, less car formation, and less contracture than pinch grafting.2022, Lindsey Fitzharris, The Facemaker, page 149

contracture meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

contracture in Tamil

இறுக்கம், ஒடுங்கல், சுருங்கல், நிலைச்சுருக்கம்

contracture in Indonesian

abnormal contraction of a muscle
kontraktur

Forms of contracture

pluralcontractures

Origin of contracture

From French contracture, from Latin contractura.

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Questions about contracture

What does contracture mean?
Contracture means an abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of a muscle or skin; a deformity so caused.
What is contracture in Tamil?
Contracture in Tamil is இறுக்கம், ஒடுங்கல், சுருங்கல். See Contracture meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is contracture?
Contracture is a noun.
How do you pronounce contracture?
Contracture is pronounced /kənˈtɹæktjʊə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of contracture?
The plural of contracture is contractures.

Words near contracture in the dictionary

  1. contractualized
  2. contractualizes
  3. contractualizing
  4. contractually
  5. contractural
  6. contracture
  7. contractured
  8. contractures
  9. contracultural
  10. contracyclical
  11. contracyclically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contracture (page history and authors); contracture (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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