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hypercontractile

hypercontractile adjective: excessively contractile.

Adjective

hypercontractile (comparative more hypercontractile, superlative most hypercontractile)

  1. Excessively contractile

Forms of hypercontractile

comparativemore hypercontractile
superlativemost hypercontractile

Origin of hypercontractile

From hyper- + contractile.

Questions about hypercontractile

What does hypercontractile mean?
Hypercontractile means excessively contractile.
What part of speech is hypercontractile?
Hypercontractile is an adjective.

Words near hypercontractile in the dictionary

  1. hypercontaminated
  2. hypercontinental
  3. hypercontinuum
  4. hypercontract
  5. hypercontracted
  6. hypercontractile
  7. hypercontractility
  8. hypercontraction
  9. hypercontractions
  10. hypercontractive
  11. hypercontractivity

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