contractile
English
Etymology
From French contractile.
Adjective
contractile (comparative more contractile, superlative most contractile)
- Capable of contracting, or of being contracted.
Derived terms
- acontractile
- anticontractile
- arterio-contractile
- contractile ring
- contractile vacuole
- electrocontractile
- fibrocontractile
- hypercontractile
- hypocontractile
- intercontractile
- myocontractile
- noncontractile
- precontractile
- procontractile
- supercontractile
- uncontractile
- vasocontractile
French
Etymology
contracter + -ile
Pronunciation
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Adjective
contractile (plural contractiles)
- contractile
Further reading
- “contractile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.