Medical Term:
contract
Pronunciation: kon-trakt′
Definition:
- To shorten; to become reduced in size; in the case of muscle, either to shorten or to undergo an increase in tension.
- To acquire by contagion or infection.
- An explicit bilateral commitment by psychotherapist and patient to a defined course of action to attain the goal of the psychotherapy.
[L. con-traho, pp. -tractus, to draw together]
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