contract

contract definition - medical

con·tract (kən-trăktˈ, kŏnˈtrăktˌ)

verb
  1. To reduce in size by drawing together.
  2. To become reduced in size by or as if by being drawn together, as the pupil of the eye.
  3. To acquire or incur by contagion or infection.

The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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