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con⋅trac⋅tile

  [kuhn-trak-tl, -til]
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–adjective
capable of contracting or causing contraction.
Origin:
1700–10; contract + -ile

Related forms:
con⋅trac⋅til⋅i⋅ty  [kon-trak-til-i-tee] , noun
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con·trac·tile   (kən-trāk'təl, -tīl')   
adj.  Capable of contracting or causing contraction: Muscle is a contractile tissue.
con'trac·til'i·ty (kŏn'trāk-tĭl'ĭ-tē) n.
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Main Entry: con·trac·tile
Pronunciation: k&n-'trak-t&l, -"tIl
Function: adjective
: having or concerned with the power orproperty of contracting <contractile proteins of muscle fibrils>

Main Entry: con·trac·til·i·ty
Pronunciation: "kän-"trak-'til-&t-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
: the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting; especially : the power of muscle fibers of shortening into a more compact form
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contractile con·trac·tile (kən-trāk'təl, -tīl')
adj.
Capable of contracting or causing contraction, as a tissue.

con'trac·til'i·ty (kŏn'trāk-tĭl'ĭ-tē) n.

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