Meaning & use
Contractile
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Capable of contracting or causing contraction, especially describing tissue such as muscle.
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Contractile muscle fibers allow the heart to pump blood continuously.
Some single-celled organisms have a contractile vacuole that expels excess water.
A note on using this word
The word is central to physiology, most often describing muscle tissue and certain specialized cell structures.
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