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Contractile

Webster's Dictionary

(a.) tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Contractile'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/contractile.html. 1828.