contractile
/kuhn-trak-tl, -til/US // kənˈtræk tl, -tɪl //UK // (kənˈtræktaɪl) //
收缩性,收缩,收缩的,收缩性的
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : capable of contracting or causing contraction.
Examples
Waste nitrogenous products formed within the cell when work is done are passed out by means of the contractile vacuole.
In another one-celled animal called vorticella, part of the cell has become elongated and is contractile.
The body of the Uterus is formed of a very dense, gray colored, muscular substance, possessing astonishing contractile power.
The supple and contractile segments of the chrysalis serve for the limbs which are wanting to it.
Rostrif′era, a suborder of gasteropods, with contractile rostrum or snout.
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