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What is the noun for shrinks?

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shrinker
  1. Something that makes something else shrink.
  2. (slang) A psychiatrist; a head-shrinker.
  3. (medicine) A sock-like article used to compress a stump remaining after amputation.
  4. One who shrinks or recoils.
  5. Something that itself shrinks.
  6. Examples:
    1. “Harry is a shirker and a shrinker, low-grade Bogart cut with shreds of Bob Hope, and Black pays homage to Chandler throughout the plot.”
      “Now, having brought her to this situation, he abruptly abandoned the wheel and turned it over to his colleague, the shrinker.”
      “He is a handsome man — even if part doozie, part escape artist, part fearful shrinker from the world's clattering woes.”
shrinkage
  1. The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
  2. The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence.
  3. (slang) The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The drug then reinvigorates patients' anti-tumour immune response and promotes shrinkage of the tumour.”
      “He tore his hamstring tendon graft while skiing at 5 months after electrothermal shrinkage.”
      “The oxidative stress can begin a cascade of events leading to cell shrinkage, DNA fragmentation, and activation of protease.”
shrink
shrank
  1. (US, Pennsylvania Dutch English) A large highly decorative German/Dutch-style piece of furniture, which combines aspects of a clothing wardrobe, curio, and cabinet.
shrinking
  1. The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.
  2. Synonyms:
shrinkages
shrinkings
shrinkers
  1. plural of shrinker
shranks
  1. plural of shrank
shrinks
  1. plural of shrink
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Brain shift occurs when the dura is opened, cerebrospinal fluid leaks out, and the brain either shrinks or swells.”
      “If global warming shrinks the ranges of species until they go extinct, then shouldn't massive die-offs have happened 11, 500 years ago?”
      “The pupil shrinks with age, allowing smaller amounts of light to filter into the eye to assist with vision.”
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