Contractility
Definition of Contractility
Con`trac`til´i`ty
n.
1.
The
quality
or
property
by
which
bodies
shrink
or
contract
.
2.
(Physiol.)
The
power
possessed
by
the
fibers
of
living
muscle
of
contracting
or
shortening
.
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,
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,
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Contract
Contract system
Contract tablet
contractable
Contracted
Contractedness
Contractibility
Contractible
Contractibleness
Contractile
Contractile vacuole
-Contractility-
contracting
Contraction
Contractive
Contractor
Contracture
Contradance
Contradict
Contradictable
Contradicter
Contradiction
Contradictional
Contradictious
Contradictive
Contradictor
Contradictorily
Contradictoriness
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Contradistinct
Contradistinction
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