contracturen.
/kənˈtraktjʊə/ 1. Pathology. A condition of persistent contraction and rigidity in the muscles or the joints.
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1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid i. iii. 9 The healing is often hindered, and contractures and lameness are caused.
1876 tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. XI. 382 The mode of origin of these hemiplegic contractures differs essentially from that of paralytic contractures.
1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Contracture..is usually slowly developed in muscles, as a consequence of rheumatism, neuralgia, convulsions, in paralysis, etc.
2. Architecture. The narrowing of a column towards its upper part. [So in French.]
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > shaft of column > narrowing towards top
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1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 126 A Contracture and comely diminution, by workmen called the breaking of the Pillar.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Contracture, the making small of Pillars about the top. Hence in Bailey, etc.
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