Search for crossword answers and clues
The capability or quality of shrinking or contracting esp by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter
Answer for the clue "The capability or quality of shrinking or contracting esp by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter ", 13 letters:
contractility
Word definitions for contractility in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles) 2 The extent to which something contracts or shrinks 3 A term used in physiology to describe the performance of cardiac muscle
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Contractility refers to the ability for self-contraction, especially of the muscles, or similar active biological tissue: Muscle contraction Myocardial contractility Contractile vacuole Contractile ring in cytokinesis see contractile cell for an overview ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Contractility \Con`trac*til"i*ty\, n. The quality or property by which bodies shrink or contract. (Physiol.) The power possessed by the fibers of living muscle of contracting or shortening. Note: When subject to the will, as in the muscles of locomotion, ...
Usage examples of contractility.
The result was that cardiac conductivity and contractility began to fall.