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Contracture

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

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Contraction 76% connected

The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or…

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Compact 74% connected

Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

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Compact 74% connected

Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

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Abduction noun · 78% connection

(physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body

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Accommodation noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye

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Acid-base balance noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…

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Acid-base equilibrium noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…

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Adaptation noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)

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Adduction noun · 78% connection

(physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body

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Antagonistic muscle noun · 78% connection

(physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another; "the biceps and triceps are antagonistic muscles"

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Autoregulation noun · 78% connection

(physiology) processes that maintain a generally constant physiological state in a cell or organism

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Cell death noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)

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Control noun · 78% connection

(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; "the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired…

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homeostasis noun · 78% connection

(physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous…

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Inhibition noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part; "the inhibition of the heart by the…

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Irradiation noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex

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Localisation noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body

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Localisation of function noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body

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Localisation principle noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body

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Localization noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body

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Localization of function noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body

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Antagonist noun · 78% connection

A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: permanent, rigidity, contraction, muscles, generally.
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Beriberi noun · 78% connection

An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great muscular debility,…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: permanent, rigidity, contraction, muscles, generally.
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Biceps noun · 78% connection

A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.

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Bivalve noun · 78% connection

A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usua…

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Cadaveric adjective · 78% connection

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: permanent, rigidity, contraction, muscles, generally.
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Catatonia noun · 78% connection

extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: permanent, rigidity, contraction, muscles, generally.
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Cramp noun · 78% connection

A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: permanent, rigidity, contraction, muscles, generally.
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Crispation noun · 78% connection

A very slight convulsive or spasmodic contraction of certain muscles, external or internal.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: permanent, rigidity, contraction, muscles, generally.
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Electro-muscular adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining the reaction (contraction) of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: permanent, rigidity, contraction, muscles, generally.
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Extensor noun · 78% connection

A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: permanent, rigidity, contraction, muscles, generally.
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Flector noun · 78% connection

A flexor.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: permanent, rigidity, contraction, muscles, generally.
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Flesh noun · 78% connection

The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the musc…

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