"Contractile" is a word in ENGLISH
tending to contract; having the power or property of
contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as,
the contractile tissues.
Without sanctification, dwell in the state of impurity.
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On a drive in the country, a city slicker noticed a farmer lifting a pig up to an apple tree and holding the pig there as it ate one apple after another."Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about," said the city slicker, "but if you just shook the tree so the apples fell to the ground, wouldn't it save a lot of time?""Time?" said the farmer. "What does time matter to a pig?"
Tending to contract; having the property or power or power of contracting.
Read the complete definitionA muscle which surrounds, and by its contraction tends to close, a natural opening; as, the sphincter of the bladder.
Read the complete definitionProducing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic, n.
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