English Explanatory Dictionary

contractile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Capable of contracting, or of being contracted.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-contractile.wav

Word forms

contractile more contractile most contractile

Etymology

From French contractile.

Derived words

acontractile anticontractile arterio-contractile contractile ring contractile vacuole electrocontractile fibrocontractile hypercontractile hypocontractile intercontractile myocontractile noncontractile precontractile procontractile supercontractile uncontractile vasocontractile
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