Associations to the word «Contractility»
Noun
- Contraction
- Blocker
- Adhesion
- Dysfunction
- Modulation
- Muscle
- Calcium
- Phosphorylation
- Conduction
- Decrease
- Stimulation
- Relaxation
- Secretion
- Artery
- Beta
- Activation
- Bladder
- Regulator
- Fraction
- Fiber
- Receptor
- Influx
- Output
- Increase
- Heart
- Proliferation
- Inhibition
- Marker
- Stroke
- Rate
- Tissue
- Failure
- Manifestation
- Sodium
- Cell
- Pressure
- Stress
- Velocity
- Oxygen
- Blood
- Filling
- Effect
- Hormone
- Rat
- Affect
- Resistance
- Mouse
- Mechanism
- Migration
- Duration
- Dose
- Protein
- Volume
- Tract
- Node
- Function
- Regulation
- Membrane
- Patient
- Signal
- Index
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
CONTRACTILITY, noun. The condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles)
CONTRACTILITY, noun. The extent to which something contracts or shrinks
CONTRACTILITY, noun. A term used in physiology to describe the performance of cardiac muscle
Dictionary definition
CONTRACTILITY, noun. The capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter.
Wise words
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is
essential is invisible to the eye.