Definition of Contractile
Con`tract´ile
a.
1.
tending
to
contract
;
having
the
power
or
property
of
contracting
,
or
of
shrinking
into
shorter
or
smaller
dimensions
;
as
,
the
contractile
tissues
.
The
heart
'
s
contractile
force
.
- H. Brooke.
Each
cilium
seems
to
be
composed
of
contractile
substance
.
- Hixley.
Contractile vacuole
(Zool.)
a
pulsating
cavity
in
the
interior
of
a
protozoan
,
supposed
to
be
excretory
in
function
.
There
may
be
one
,
two
,
or
more
.
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