Involuntary Contraction

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Updated: February 25, 2025

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	noun • a painful and involuntary muscular contraction • (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)
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	noun • the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart • a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) • an animating or vital unifying force
	39%	11		Involuntary muscle contraction
	noun • an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle

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