- contractile
- contractile 1706, from Fr. contractile, from L. contract-, pp. stem of contrahere (see CONTRACT (Cf. contract)). Related: Contractility. Contractile vacuole is from 1877.
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contractile — [ kɔ̃traktil ] adj. • 1755; du lat. contractus → 2. contracter ♦ Physiol. Qui peut se contracter. Fibre, muscle contractile. Organe contractile. ● contractile adjectif Se dit de muscles ou de tissus organiques qui peuvent se contracter.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Contractile — Con*tract ile, a. [Cf. F. contractile.] tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues. [1913 Webster] The heart s contractile force. H. Brooke.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
contractile — [kən trak′til] adj. 1. having the power of contracting 2. producing contraction contractility [kän΄trak til′ə tē] n … English World dictionary
contractile — (kon tra kti l ) adj. Terme de physiologie. Qui est susceptible de contraction, c est à dire de raccourcissement, et par conséquent capable de communiquer un mouvement. La fibre musculaire est contractile. REMARQUE Bonnet a employé contractile … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
contractile — adjective Date: circa 1706 having or concerned with the power or property of contracting < contractile proteins of muscle fibrils > • contractility noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
CONTRACTILE — adj. des deux genres T. de Physiologie. Qui est susceptible de contraction. La fibre des muscles est contractile … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)
CONTRACTILE — adj. des deux genres T. de Physiologie Qui est susceptible de contraction. La fibre des muscles est contractile … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)
contractile — Having the property of contracting. * * * con·trac·tile kən trak təl, .tīl adj having or concerned with the power or property of contracting <contractile proteins of muscle fibrils> * * * con·trac·tile (kən trakґtīl) [con + L.… … Medical dictionary
Contractile vacuole — Contractile Con*tract ile, a. [Cf. F. contractile.] tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues. [1913 Webster] The heart s contractile force. H … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
contractile arc — contractile arc. См. сократительное кольцо. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
