contractile
pronunciation
How to pronounce contractile in British English:
UK [kənˈtræktaɪl]
How to pronounce contractile in American English:
US [kənˈtræktəl, -ˌtaɪl]
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- Adjective:
- capable of contracting or being contracted
Word Origin
- contractile (adj.)
- 1706, from French contractile, from Latin contract-, past participle stem of contrahere (see contract (n.)). Related: Contractility. Contractile vacuole is from 1877.
Example
- 1. Recent progression of medication of chronic contractile heart failure .
- 2. The fibrin clot which then forms is consolidated by the action of platelet contractile proteins .
- 3. Specialized contractile and conductive tissue in the heart .
- 4. The contractile wings of an insect .
- 5. Alterations of vascular smooth muscle contractile function in hemorrhagic shock rats .