contractility

English

Noun

contractility (countable and uncountable, plural contractilities)

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

Derived terms

• acontractility
• electrocontractility
• faradocontractility
• galvanocontractility
• hypercontractility
• hypocontractility
• vasocontractility

 

Related terms

• contractile