lusitropic

lusitropic

English

Etymology

From lusitropy +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌlu.səˈtɹoʊ.pɪk/
• Rhymes: -əʊpɪk

Adjective

lusitropic (not comparable)

1. (physiology) relating to or producing lusitropy
   • 15 July 2015, Yazine Mahjoub; Stéphanie Malaquin; Gilles Mourier; Emmanuel Lorne; Osama Abou Arab; Ziad A. Massy; Hervé Dupont; Frédéric Ducancel, “Short- versus long-sarafotoxins: two structurally related snake toxins with very different in vivo haemodynamic effects”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0132864:

     We also found that SRTX-b exerted a negative lusitropic effect i.e impairment of LV relaxation as reflected by an increased Tau, the relaxation time constant.

   Antonym: inotropic