Usually means: Permanent shortening of muscles, tendons.
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  1. contractures: Merriam-Webster
  2. contractures: Collins English Dictionary
  3. contractures: Vocabulary.com
  4. contractures: Wordnik
  5. contractures: Wiktionary
  6. contractures: Dictionary.com
  7. Contractures: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Contractures: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Contractures: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. contractures: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Alzheimer's Association Medical Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Contractures: Medical dictionary
  4. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (contracture)

noun:  (medicine) An abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of a muscle or skin; a deformity so caused.
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