contractile

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English - Turkish
kasılabilen
büzülebilen
kasılabilir
kontraktil
büzülür
{s} kısılabilen
(Tıp) Kısalma yeteneğine sebep olan, özellikle uyarıldığı zaman adale dokusunun başta gelen özelliği
kısalır
contractility
kontraktilite
English - English
Capable of contracting, or of being contracted
{a} able to contract itself
{s} able to contract, causing contraction (Zoology)
tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues
capable of contracting or being contracted; "the contractile wings of an insect
capable of contracting or being contracted; "the contractile wings of an insect"
contractile vacuole
A vacuole that removes waste or excess water
contractile organ
a bodily organ that contracts
contractile vacuole
A membrane-bound organelle found in certain protists that pumps fluid in a cyclical manner from within the cell to the outside by alternately filling and then contracting to release its contents at various points on the surface of the cell. It functions in maintaining osmotic equilibrium
arterio-contractile
Undergoing contraction due to stimulation by arterial blood

Goodwyn conceived that the heart ceased to act because the left side, being only arterio-contractile, was incapable of being stimulated by venous blood; but this idea was fully disproved by the experiments of Bichat, which render it certain that the blood stimulates the ventricles not by its quality, but by its bulk. (Goodwyn on the Connex. of Life with Resp. pp. 82, 83; and Bichat, Sur la Vie et la Mort.).

contractility
The extent to which something contracts or shrinks
contractility
The condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles)
contractility
{n} the power of contracting itself
contractility
The power possessed by the fibers of living muscle of contracting or shortening
contractility
A term used in physiology to describe the performance of cardiac muscle
contractility
The quality or property by which bodies shrink or contract
contractility
the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter
contractility
{i} contractile quality, state of being contractile (Zoology)
contractile
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