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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. 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.