noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
high
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The fast twitch fibres have a much higher contraction speed and are associated with dynamic bursts of energy.
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After eating, although intraluminal pressure does not increase appreciably, the number of high amplitude propagating contractions increases.
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To date, no data are available about the neurohumoral mechanisms underlying high amplitude propagated contraction onset.
oesophageal
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By contrast with our study, the available data for oral cisapride do not suggest that cisapride affects characteristics of oesophageal contraction .
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The bursts of oesophageal contractions were not related to inappropriate lower oesophageal sphincter relaxations.
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Peristaltic or simultaneous oesophageal contractions occurred in clusters of four or more repetitive waves and lasted for several minutes.
rectal
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Giant rectal contractions were never seen in normal subjects.
■ NOUN
bladder
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At eight hours after injection, about 70% of maximum gall bladder contraction was achieved at 45 minutes after the test meal.
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It would seem that acromegaly as such does not directly impair gall bladder contraction .
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Our study also showed that postprandial gall bladder contraction was suppressed for at least four hours after octreotide injection.
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This is probably because of impaired gall bladder contraction .
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These findings support the existence of a key L-arginine-nitric oxide pathway regulating gall bladder contraction .
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Low plasma octreotide concentration and increased fasting volume may explain improved gall bladder contraction .
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This study indicates that octreotide injections impair postprandial gall bladder contraction for at least four hours.
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Gall bladder contraction is regulated by an interaction of the myenteric plexus with intestinal hormones.
muscle
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The taser fires a two-pronged dart that overrides the central nervous system and causes uncontrollable muscle contractions .
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The vascular changes and muscle contraction then could be considered to be of secondary importance.
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Locomotion is effected by undulating waves of muscle contraction and relaxation which alternate on the dorsal and ventral aspects of the worm.
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The problem is that this wrong-way impulse sets off a muscle contraction in each of those several hundred muscle fibers.
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Even more ciliary muscle contraction will be required for near vision and this may be uncomfortable.
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Attention originally focused on the way caffeine affects muscle contraction and reflexes.
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The tetanus bacteria grow at the site of the injury and release a toxin which produces rigid muscles and muscle contractions .
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The powerful involuntary muscle contractions are often quite distressing to the patient.
■ VERB
hold
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Repeat 20 times, holding each contraction for 1 second.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a contraction in economic activity
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This type of plastic allows for expansion and contraction during temperature changes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At this stage the C- field is also ineffective in stopping gravitational contraction .
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Further contraction , pit closures, and industrial erosion would certainly follow.
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Mary had started contractions, which were occurring every five minutes.
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The final contractions are less painful and, indeed, pain varies a good deal between women and between births.
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They also promote sodium excretion and induce a mild volume contraction .
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This contraction was most severely felt by the few employees in the smaller workshops.
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This was especially true as regards the period of contraction or depression, and the Great Depression dealt a decisive blow.