contracture
/kənˈtræktʃə(r)/noun
mass noun
- Medicine a condition of shortening and hardening of muscles, tendons, or other tissue, often leading to deformity and rigidity of joints【医】挛缩：
adduction contracture of the hip in cerebral palsy
脑瘫引起的臀部内收挛缩
count noun the contractures had been caused by intramuscular injections.挛缩是由肌肉注射引起的。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from French, or from Latin contractura, from Latin contract- 'drawn together', from the verb contrahere.