ECCENTRIC CONTRACTION meaning: Muscle lengthens while generating force - OneLook

Usually means: Muscle lengthens while generating force.

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▸ noun: (anatomy) The tensioning of a muscle as it is being lengthened

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tensor, extensor, torsion, excycloduction, excyclotorsion, hyperextensor, kegel, laxator, musculotendon, extorsion, more...

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eccentric muscle contraction, eccentric contraction muscle, more...

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Similar:

tensor, extensor, torsion, excycloduction, excyclotorsion, hyperextensor, kegel, laxator, musculotendon, extorsion, more...

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eccentric muscle contraction, eccentric contraction muscle, more...

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