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contraction

The shortening of two words into one, where an apostrophe is used in place of the omitted letter or letters (I'm, aren't); or the abbreviation of a word to its first and last letters (Mr, St for ‘mister’, ‘street’, ‘saint’).

The use of contractions in written English (other than for dialogue) usually indicates a colloquial or familiar style.



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Kim et al[6] observed blood flow response to isotonic contractions of a large muscle mass, whereas we studied blood flow responses to isometric contractions of a relatively small muscle mass.
Circulatory Responses to Voluntary and Electrically Induced Muscle ... by Morgan, Barbara J / Physical Therapy
In this study, the following dependent variables were used to assess the effectiveness of two treatment strategies: elbow extension AROM and PROM, speed of movement for functional task completion, mean EMG activity of the triceps muscle during isotonic contraction, and mean EMG activity of the biceps muscle during isotonic contraction of the triceps muscle.
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