Words Like CONTRACTILITY
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3 Alternative Words Similar to contractility
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Stypsis
Noun Hyponym
7 definitions of contractility
1
The quality or property by which bodies shrink or contract.
2
The power possessed by the fibers of living muscle of contracting or shortening.
3
the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter
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The inherent property or force by which bodies shrink or contract; more specifically, in physiology, the property which belongs to muscles of contracting under appropriate stimuli.
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The condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles)
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The extent to which something contracts or shrinks
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A term used in physiology to describe the performance of cardiac muscle