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CONTRACTILE CELL

\kəntɹˈakta͡ɪl sˈɛl], \kəntɹˈakta‍ɪl sˈɛl], \k_ə_n_t_ɹ_ˈa_k_t_aɪ_l s_ˈɛ_l]\

Definitions of CONTRACTILE CELL

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Any cell in a sporangium or an anther wall which by hygroscopic contraction helps to open them.

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

A general term to designate the cells forming a contractile tissue, such as white blood corpuscles and other ameboid cells, ciliated epithelium, and muscular tissue.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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