muscle contraction
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈmʌsəl kənˈtrækʃən/
- Specialized
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contracción muscular
- During exercise, the trainer emphasized that muscle contraction is essential for building strength.
- a voluntary muscle contraction
- stapedius muscle contraction
- level of muscle contraction
So what that told us is that even at the stem cell level that we can rejuvenate stem cells by something as simple as skeletal muscle contraction.
- So what that told us is that even at the stem cell level that we can rejuvenate stem cells by something as simple as skeletal muscle contraction.
- Now, if you had no tone in the legs, you just flop into the ground and you would have to use concentric, eccentric muscle contraction.
- But another, another signal for that is movement, it's muscle contraction.
- And I think the key thing is that it's not about the steps, it's about the fact that muscle contraction is medicine.
Examples
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Muscle bulk can be increased by 20% with repeated muscle contractions during exercise.
Academic text (2004) -
The muscle contractions could feel like an extreme pressure on the body.
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So you generate that kind of pressure by intense muscle contraction which contracts the blood vessels.
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Measurements of the quadriceps were taken during both muscle contraction and relaxation.
Academic text (1995) -
For example, responses in the above situation might include muscle contractions, dry mouth, sweaty palms, and increased heart rate.
Academic text (2001) -
Patients were re-examined before surgery to ensure no return of deltoid muscle contraction on attempts at shoulder forward flexion and abduction.
Academic text (2015) -
The doctor explained that muscle contraction is responsible for movement in different parts of the body.
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After the workout, I felt the effects of muscle contraction as my arms were sore from lifting weights.
Synonyms
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4.4
Tightening and shortening of a muscle to cause movement
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3.5
A short tightening of a muscle that makes it shorten or stiffen
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'shortening or tensing of a muscle' is directly and transparently compositional from 'muscle' (body tissue that shortens to produce movement) and 'contraction' (shortening/tightening). This is a straightforward technical compound found across languages and registers, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Muscle contraction shows a muscle pulling shorter and getting tight, and the contraction is that pull. That's why the term means the 'shortening' or 'tightening' of a muscle, which can make a body part move or cause a cramp.