Sentence examples for contracture of from inspiring English sources

The exchange is usually somewhat awkward, a sudden contracture of the usual fixed clinical distance between doctor and patient, a peek at each other's true lives.

Stenosis (contracture) of the external opening (meatus) is the most common, but congenital stricture of the urethra occasionally occurs at other points.

Inflammation of the heart muscle and supporting structures may lead to a permanent scarring and contracture of the heart valves and a marked decrease in life expectancy.

Secondary bacterial infections are common, but the real dangers of trachoma lie in the scarring and contracture of tissue that occur when healing takes place.

One patient developed flexion contracture of the great toe.

The abnormal contracture of skeletal muscle often causes pathologic problems.

Severe flexion contracture of the toes developed in 4 patients.

A flexion contracture of the knee combined with an equinus contracture of the ankle occurred in one patient (who had an associated substance-induced psychotic disorder).

Flexion contracture of the elbow is a common sequela of burn injury.

Implants may stimulate this process leading to contracture of the surrounding fibrous capsule.

Tightening and contracture of the joint capsule are hallmarks of adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder (ACS).