• n.
    ⦿(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
    lexical concept

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:contraction
  2. enl:muscle contraction
  3. enl:muscular contraction
wn:interlingual indexili:i37355
wn:eq synonymdn:sammentrækning§1

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • contractionmuscle contractionmuscular contraction
  • muscle contractionmuscular contraction