English
aftercontraction
From after- + contraction.
Formed from after- + contraction
Latin trahō ‘drag’
Latin contrahō ‘draw together, shorten’
Latin contractiō ‘a drawing together, contraction’
Old French contraction
Middle English contraccioun
English contraction
Today it means
noun A contraction of a muscle some time after a stimulus has ceased.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / aftercontraction