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contraction
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CONTRACTION. An abbreviation; a mode of writing or printing by which some of the letters of a word are omitted. See Abbreviations.



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This could be especially important during exercise at higher heart rates, when the myocardial contraction inhibits coronary artery flow.
 
 
 
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