contractility
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English
Noun
contractility (countable and uncountable, plural contractilities)
- The condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles).
- The extent to which something contracts or shrinks.
- (physiology) The performance of cardiac muscle. (Can we add an example for this sense?)