(medicine) An abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of a muscle; a deformity so caused.

plural of contracture

(medicine) deformed by contracture

(pathology) Of or pertaining to contractures.

A fixed flexion contracture of the hand where the fingers bend towards the palm and cannot be fully extended (straightened). It is an inherited proliferative connective tissue disorder which involves the palmar fascia of the hand.

(medicine) A rare autosomal-dominant congenital disorder of the connective tissue, characterized by contractures of varying degrees, mainly involving the large joints, and usually camptodactyly.