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contractility

DEFINITIONS OF: contractility

1

n the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter

Types:
astringency, stypsis
the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids
Type of:
ability
the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
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