Meanings
plural contractures
- countableuncountablemedicineAn abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of a muscle or skin; a deformity so caused.
In general, the technique resulted in faster healing, less car formation, and less contracture than pinch grafting.
2022, Lindsey Fitzharris, The Facemaker, page 1491 more example
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 the hand and remain the most frustrating late complication of a hand burn.
2010, Scott W. Wolfe, William C. Pederson, Robert N. Hotchkiss, Green's Operative Hand Surgery, Sixth Edition, page 2099
Origin
- Latincontractura
- Frenchcontracture
- Englishcontracture
From French contracture, from Latin contractura.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish kontraktuura
- kontraktuuraabnormal contraction of a muscle
French contracture
- contractureabnormal contraction of a muscle
German Kontraktur
- Kontrakturabnormal contraction of a muscle
Indonesian kontraktur
- kontrakturabnormal contraction of a muscle
Italian contrattura
- contratturaabnormal contraction of a muscle
Japanese 拘縮
- 拘縮 (kōshuku)abnormal contraction of a muscle
Polish przykurcz
- przykurczabnormal contraction of a muscle
Portuguese contratura
- contraturaabnormal contraction of a muscle
Romanian contracție, cotractare
- contracțieabnormal contraction of a muscle
- cotractareabnormal contraction of a muscle
Spanish contractura
- contracturaabnormal contraction of a muscle
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Cite this entry
contracture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contracture
“contracture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contracture. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contracture,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contracture.
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