Usually means: Produces movement by muscle contraction.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word contractile:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. contractile: Merriam-Webster
  2. contractile: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. contractile: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. contractile: Collins English Dictionary
  5. contractile: Vocabulary.com
  6. contractile: Wordnik
  7. contractile: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. contractile: Wiktionary
  9. contractile: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. contractile: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. contractile: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. contractile: Dictionary.com
  13. Contractile: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. contractile: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. contractile: Rhymezone
  16. Contractile: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. contractile: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. contractile: FreeDictionary.org
  19. contractile: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. contractile: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. contractile: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. contractile: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. contractile: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  5. contractile: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (contractile)

▸ adjective:  Capable of contracting, or of being contracted.

Similar:
contracted, contractive, contractable, tractile, stretchable, tensile, distensible, retractable, constrainable, distendable, more...

Opposite:
expansive, dilated, relaxed, uncontracted

Types:
cardiac, smooth, skeletal, striated, more...

Phrases:
contractile proteins, contractile vacuole, contractile vacuoles, contractile cells, contractile ring, more...

Adjectives:
less, more, myocardial, vascular, specific, cardiac, body, longer, smooth, certain, highly

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Similar:
contracted, contractive, contractable, tractile, stretchable, tensile, distensible, retractable, constrainable, distendable, more...

Opposite:
expansive, dilated, relaxed, uncontracted

Types:
cardiac, smooth, skeletal, striated, more...

Phrases:
contractile proteins, contractile vacuole, contractile vacuoles, contractile cells, contractile ring, contractile organ, peritubular contractile cells, more...

Adjectives:
less, more, myocardial, vascular, specific, cardiac, body, longer, smooth, certain, highly



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