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Contractile
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tending to contract; having the power or property ofcontracting, 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 (Zoöl.), a pulsating cavity in the interior of aprotozoan, supposed to be excretory in function. There may be one,two, or more.
Contractile meaning & definition 1 of Contractile.
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used to refer to body tissue that is able to contract, or to something that causes this to happen
Contractile meaning & definition 2 of Contractile.
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Capable of or producing contraction.
Contractile meaning & definition 3 of Contractile.
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