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Definition of contractile adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

contractile

adjective

/kənˈtræktaɪl/

/kənˈtræktaɪl/

(biology)

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(of living tissue, organs, etc.) able to contract or, of an opening or tube, become narrower

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