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