| CONTRACEPTION | • contraception n. The use of a device or procedure to prevent conception as a result of sexual activity. • CONTRACEPTION n. deliberate prevention of conception or impregnation. |
| CONTRACEPTIVE | • contraceptive adj. That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse. • contraceptive n. A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely. • CONTRACEPTIVE n. something intended to prevent conception. |
| CONTRACTILITY | • contractility n. The condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles). • contractility n. The extent to which something contracts or shrinks. • contractility n. (Physiology) The performance of cardiac muscle. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| CONTRACTIONAL | • contractional adj. Of or related to contraction. • CONTRACTIONAL adj. relating to contraction, also CONTRACTIONARY. |
| CONTRACTIVELY | • CONTRACTIVE adv. tending to contract. |
| CONTRACTUALLY | • contractually adv. By means of a contract. • CONTRACTUAL adv. of, relating to, or constituting a contract. |
| INTRACAPSULAR | • intracapsular adj. Within a capsule. • INTRACAPSULAR adj. lying within a capsule. |
| INTRACAVITARY | • intracavitary adj. Into a cavity of the body. • INTRACAVITARY adj. applied within or through body cavities, as radium applied in the uterus, or irradiation through natural or artificial body cavities. |
| INTRACELLULAR | • intracellular adj. Inside or within a cell. • INTRACELLULAR adj. existing, occurring, or functioning within a cell. |
| INTRACEREBRAL | • intracerebral adj. Occurring or situated within the cerebrum. • INTRACEREBRAL adj. situated or occurring within or introduced or administered into the cerebrum. |
| PRECONTRACTED | • precontracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of precontract. • PRECONTRACT v. to contract in advance. |
| SUBCONTRACTED | • subcontracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of subcontract. • SUBCONTRACT v. to enter into a subcontract. |
| SUBCONTRACTOR | • subcontractor n. A contractor hired by a general contractor employed by the contractor rather than directly hired by the customer. • SUBCONTRACTOR n. an individual or business firm contracting to perform part or all of another's contract. |