contractility

About 0.85 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles).
2. noun The extent to which something contracts or shrinks.
3. noun The performance of cardiac muscle. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Similar words

acontractility contractibility contractivity vasocontractility tractility myonicity retractility protractility noncontractibility contractedness

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