contractile

English

Etymology

From French contractile.

Adjective

contractile (comparative more contractile, superlative most contractile)

1. Capable of contracting, or of being contracted.

Derived terms

• acontractile
• anticontractile
• arterio-contractile
• contractile ring
• contractile vacuole
• electrocontractile
• fibrocontractile
• hypercontractile
• hypocontractile
• intercontractile
• myocontractile
• noncontractile
• precontractile
• procontractile
• supercontractile
• uncontractile
• vasocontractile

French

Etymology

From contracter +‎ -ile.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

contractile (plural contractiles)

1. contractile

Further reading

• “contractile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.