Contraction Synonyms and Antonyms

Contraction Sentence Examples

• The active contraction of muscular tissue has no counterpart in the plant.

• A slight degree of contraction of muscle seems the substratum of all attention.

• It is a brief extension of the limb at the knee-joint, due to a simple contraction of the extensor muscle, elicited by a tap or other short mechanical stimulus applied to the muscle fibres through the tendon of the muscle.

• Carmen stood and backed away as the doe lurched to her feet and went into another contraction.

• Apparently there is an influence on the afferent nerves of the part which causes a reflex contraction - some authors say dilatation - of the vessels in the internal organs that are under the control of the same segment of the nervous system as that supplying the area of skin from which the exciting impulse comes.