muscle contraction

Questions about muscle contraction

What does muscle contraction mean?

muscle contraction means "(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)".

What is another word for muscle contraction?

Close synonyms include contraction, muscular contraction. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is muscle contraction a common word?

muscle contraction is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.