| 词汇 | contracture |
| 释义 | contracture noun[ C or U ] medical specializeduk /kənˈtræk.tʃər/ us /kənˈtræk.tʃɚ/ a muscle or other tissue that has become permanently shorter causing a body part, especially a joint, to be the wrong shape, or the process in which this happens: 挛缩 joint/muscle contracture关节／肌肉挛缩 Examples of contracturecontracture The other 14% of complications were considered minor in four patients: two infections and two contractures. A pathologic capsular contracture, implant deflation, and/or rupture may require revisional surgery years following completion of reconstruction. It is sometimes difficult to know whether a fixed posture is due to contracture. There were contractures of both upper and lower limbs with swollen wrists and elbow joints. Contributing to the dysphagia are delayed triggering of the swallow response and decreased pharyngeal contracture. Most studies of implant reconstruction and radiation have reported relatively high rates of capsular contracture and implant loss. While capsular contracture occurs to some extent around all implants; in some, the degree of contracture will increase in severity over time. Once there, these cells proliferate and actively remodel this biological substrate, resulting in accelerated wound repair with less contracture. Differential diagnosis may be enabled by specific facial features or contractures. This two-stage approach may be associated with a lower long-term rate of complications or re-operation because of fibrosis and contracture. Their implant complications included difficult expansion, infection, and severe contracture. No joint contractures or skeletal muscle involvement are observed in these patients. They suggested that muscular disruption, followed by fibrosis and contracture, might be the mechanism of relief of cyanosis subsequent to dilation. I help patients understand this by comparing a dynamic contracture with a piece of elastic, and a fixed contraction with string. Rapid cooling contracture of the myocardium. See all examples of contracture These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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