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Word: contraction (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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.

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