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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