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How to sign: (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
Similiar / Same: muscular contraction, muscle contraction
Categories: shortening
Within this category: Braxton-Hicks contraction, contracture, tetanus, uterine contraction, vaginismus