CONTRACTURE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle
   Hypernyms(s) contracture is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • contraction (what does contraction mean?)
   • muscular contraction (what does muscular contraction mean?)
   • muscle contraction (what does muscle contraction mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • compress (what does compress mean?)
   • constrict (what does constrict mean?)
   • squeeze (what does squeeze mean?)
   • compact (what does compact mean?)
   • contract (what does contract mean?)
   • press (what does press mean?)