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CONTRACTILE

\kəntɹˈakta͡ɪl], \kəntɹˈakta‍ɪl], \k_ə_n_t_ɹ_ˈa_k_t_aɪ_l]\

Definitions of CONTRACTILE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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capable of contracting or being contracted; "the contractile wings of an insect"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

capable of contracting or being contracted; "the contractile wings of an insect"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Having the property of contracting.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Tending or having power to contract.
CONTRACTILITY.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Having power to contract.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Capable of contracting.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

Capable of contracting. The fibre of muscles is contractile.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Contracting under the proper stimulus.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Capable of contracting; tending to contract.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

Having the power of shortening itself.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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