Home › Words › C › cocontractioncocontractioncocontraction means the simultaneous contraction of two muscles.EtymologyFrom co- + contraction.nounThe simultaneous contraction of two musclese.g.“For example, it is possible that children with dystonia tend to favor the cocontraction strategy while healthy children tend to reduce overall muscular drive.” — 2015 October 9, “Perceived Cost and Intrinsic Motor Variability Modulate the Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.coexertion 60% match — Joint exertion. vs cocontraction →myocontractile 60% match — Relating to, or causing muscle contraction vs cocontraction →cocontractor 58% match — A contractor working jointly with another contractor. vs cocontraction →contractional 57% match — of or related to contraction vs cocontraction →intercontraction 57% match — Between successive contractions vs cocontraction →contaction 57% match — An act of touching. vs cocontraction →hypercontracture 57% match — Excessive contracture, especially of muscle tissue vs cocontraction →precontraction 57% match — Prior to contraction vs cocontraction →