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Word: contraction
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A reversible reduction in size.
- biology A shortening of a muscle when it is used.
- economics A period of economic decline or negative growth.
- grammar A shortened word or phrase, with the missing letters represented by an apostrophe.
- medicine A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together.
- medicine A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
- medicine Contracting a disease.
- phonetics Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word.
- The acquisition of something, generally negative.
Source: Wiktionary
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