thermosystaltic

thermosystaltic in Medicine

thermosystaltic ther·mo·sys·tal·tic (thûr'mō-sĭ-stôl'tĭk, -stāl'-)
adj.
Causing contraction, as of the muscles, by the influence of heat.

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