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Adjective
/kənˈtraktəl/,/-ˌtīl/,
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Capable of or producing contraction,
  1. Capable of or producing contraction
    • - the contractile activity of the human colon
  1. capable of contracting or being contracted; "the contractile wings of an insect"
  2. (contractility) the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter
  3. Myocardial contractility is the intrinsic ability of the heart to contract independent of preload and afterload. Changes in the ability to produce force during contraction result from different degrees of binding between myosin (thick) and actin (thin) filaments. ...
  4. (contractility) The condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles); The extent to which something contracts or shrinks; A term used in physiology to describe the performance of cardiac muscle
  5. (Contractility) Capacity of a muscle fiber to undergo shortening.
  6. (CONTRACTILITY) is related to the rate of shortening of myocardial fibers in time during mechanical systole, encompassing both the isovolumic and the ejection phase. ...
  7. (contractility) Capacity for becoming short in response to a suitable stimulus.
  8. Muscles power the body by contraction. The proteins that enable the muscle to produce force on this contraction are actin and myosin. Accordingly these proteins are known as contractile proteins.