挛缩 Traditional form: 攣縮 Pinyin (reading): luánsuō Definitions: (medicine) (verb and noun) contracture Characters: 挛 - tangled, entwined; crooked 缩 - to withdraw, to shrink, to pull back; abbreviation Traditional characters: 攣 - tangled, entwined; crooked 縮 - to withdraw, to shrink, to pull back; abbreviation