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supercontractile

supercontractile adjective: whose structure allows microscopic pistons to move past each other, allowing the muscle to contract faster and to a greater extent than normal.

Adjective

supercontractile (not comparable)

  1. Whose structure allows microscopic pistons to move past each other, allowing the muscle to contract faster and to a greater extent than normal

Origin of supercontractile

From super- + contractile.

Questions about supercontractile

What does supercontractile mean?
Supercontractile means whose structure allows microscopic pistons to move past each other, allowing the muscle to contract faster and to a greater extent than normal.
What part of speech is supercontractile?
Supercontractile is an adjective.

Words near supercontractile in the dictionary

  1. supercontinents
  2. supercontinua
  3. supercontinuum
  4. supercontract
  5. supercontracted
  6. supercontractile
  7. supercontractility
  8. supercontraction
  9. supercontractions
  10. supercontractivity
  11. supercontributor

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