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PARADOXIC CONTRACTION

\pˌaɹədˈɒksɪk kəntɹˈakʃən], \pˌaɹədˈɒksɪk kəntɹˈakʃən], \p_ˌa_ɹ_ə_d_ˈɒ_k_s_ɪ_k k_ə_n_t_ɹ_ˈa_k_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of PARADOXIC CONTRACTION

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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Contraction of a muscle, caused by the passive approximation of its extremities.
Contraction of a muscle when its two ends are forcibly brought near each other.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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