myotatic irritability
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n.
The ability of a muscle to contract in response to the stimulus produced by a sudden stretching.
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Words nearby myotatic irritability
myosotis, myospasm, myotactic, myotasis, myotatic contraction, myotatic irritability, myotatic reflex, myotenositis, myotenotomy, myotome, myotomy
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