contractile
Americanadjective
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The process functions like a 'mechanical ratchet', gradually advancing division without requiring a fully closed contractile ring.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2026
"We aimed to clarify the association of phase angle obtained from the leg using BIA with voluntary muscle strength, twitch contractile properties, and neuromuscular activity," says Assistant Prof. Hirata.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2024
In a paper published today in Nature, researchers report refashioning Photorhabdus’s syringe—called a contractile injection system—so that it can attach to human cells and inject large proteins into them.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 29, 2023
Muscle is contractile tissue and is derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
This weakens very much the contractile power of these fibres.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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