con·trac·tile /kənˈtræktḷ, ˌtaɪl/
(a.)會縮的,有收縮性的
con·trac·tile /kənˈtræktḷ, ˌtaɪl/ 形容詞
(拉contractilis)收縮(性)的
Con·tract·ile a. tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues.
The heart's contractile force. --H. Brooke.
Each cilium seems to be composed of contractile substance. --Hixley.
Contractile vacuole Zool., a pulsating cavity in the interior of a protozoan, supposed to be excretory in function. There may be one, two, or more.
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contractile
adj : capable of contracting or being contracted; "the contractile
wings of an insect"