About The Word Contractile
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Contractile
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What's The Definition Of Contractile?
[adj] capable of contracting or being contracted; "the contractile wings of an insect"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Contractile: contracted Related Terms | Find terms related to Contractile: See Also | Contractile In Webster's Dictionary \Con*tract"ile\, a. [Cf. F. contractile.]
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} (Zo["o]l.), 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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