Found 2 items, similar to Contractility.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: contractility contractility n : the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter
English → English (gcide) Definition: Contractility Contractility \Con`trac*til"i*ty\, n. 1. The quality or property by which bodies shrink or contract. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physiol.) The power possessed by the fibers of living muscle of contracting or shortening. [1913 Webster] Note: When subject to the will, as in the muscles of locomotion, such power is called voluntary contractility; when not controlled by the will, as in the muscles of the heart, it is involuntary contractility. [1913 Webster]