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contractility

[ kon-trak-til-i-tee ]

noun

  1. the property, as of muscle or other tissue, of being able to contract, or draw itself together, reducing its dimensions:

    Improvements in the contractility of the heart can be measured by a number of different methods to determine how much blood the heart pumps with each beat.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of contractility1

First recorded in 1710–20; contractil(e) ( def ) + -ity ( def )
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Example Sentences

Passing, now, to the other side of elasticity—i.e., contractility—can we say as much?

The case for emergency contractility, however, is somewhat better than the case for ordinary contractility.

A second set of cells should form muscle endowed mainly with contractility.

It is generally supposed that the upper side of the tendril of Passiflora is devoid of contractility.

Many forms are motile—some in virtue of fine thread-like flagella, and others through contractility of the protoplasm.

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