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contractures

contractures is the plural of contracture.

Meaning of contracture

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

Questions about contractures

What is contractures the plural of?
Contractures is the plural of contracture.

Words near contractures in the dictionary

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

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