Search:   Dictionary All Posts
Store Your Knowledge at the Brain Bank!
Login / Register - It's free!

contractile Definition

Cancel
Login to Create a ListRegister for Free!
contractile
adjective(con-trac-tile)
having or concerned with the power or property of contracting
contractile
verb(con-trac-tile)
to bring on oneself especially inadvertently : incur
contractile
verb(con-trac-tile)
to become affected with
contractile
verb(con-trac-tile)
to establish or undertake by contract
contractile
noun(con-trac-tile)
a vacuole in a unicellular organism that contracts regularly to discharge fluid and especially water from the cell

Words Related to contractile!

contracted, contracture, twitch, mechanical, contraction, sarcomere, myocardial, endothelial, myogenic, parasympathetic, ciliary, hemodynamic, osteoblast, rostral, hypothalamic, glomerular, excitatory, osteoclast, ouabain, efferent, mitogenic, intraventricular, homeostatic, morphogen, polyamine, adrenocortical, postsynaptic, fibrotic, physiologic, vagal, ipsilateral, perivascular, apical, ligamentous, axonal, neurohormonal, monocyte, proteolytic, hippocampal, nociceptive, atrioventricular, fibrillar, osteogenic, presynaptic, reticular, splenic, parenchymal, ablated, mineralocorticoid, synovial, melanocyte, neurite, astrocytic, collagenous, tumoral, ciliated, ventromedial, stomatal, glial, atherogenic, choroid, septal, osteoid, glucocorticoid, nonvascular, somatosensory, serotonergic, ectodermal, immunoreactive, haematopoietic, secretory, subcortical, punctate, intrathoracic, morphologic, phagocytic, hypovolemic, pineal, cortical, trabecular, lytic, ileal, secretase, morphogenetic, superoxide, centromeric, exocrine, tubulin, peroneal, natriuretic, mononuclear, catabolic, avascular, erythrocyte, erythroid, vasoactive, articular, endogenous, electroencephalographic, lamellar,

contractile Examples by Brain Bank Users