contracture
English
Etymology
From French contracture, from Latin contractura.
Noun
contracture (countable and uncountable, plural contractures)
- (medicine) An abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of a muscle; a deformity so caused.
- 2010, Scott W. Wolfe, William C. Pederson, Robert N. Hotchkiss, Green's Operative Hand Surgery, Sixth Edition (page 2099)
- 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)
Derived terms
- Dupuytren's contracture
Translations
abnormal contraction of a muscle
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Anagrams
- Turcocretan
French
Noun
contracture f (plural contractures)
- contracture
Further reading
- “contracture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Participle
contractūre
- vocative masculine singular of contractūrus