organo contrattile

Definitions of organo contrattile
  1. noun
    a bodily organ that contracts
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    types:
    muscolo, nerbo
    one of the contractile organs of the body
    sfintere
    a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening
    type of:
    organo
    a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
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