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Pseudo-heart :: Pseudo-heart (n.) Any contractile vessel of invertebrates which is not of the nature of a real heart, especially one of those pertaining to the excretory system..

Dartos :: Dartos (n.) A thin layer of peculiar contractile tissue directly beneath the skin of the scrotum.

Retractile :: Retractile (a.) Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile..

Tractile :: Tractile (a.) Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile.

Atony :: Atony (n.) Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile..

Linguatulina :: Linguatulina (n. pl.) An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida..

Myophan :: Myophan (n.) A contractile striated layer found in the bodies and stems of certain Infusoria.

Rhachiglossa :: Rhachiglossa (n. pl.) A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append..

Protractile :: Protractile (a.) Capable of being protracted, or protruded; protrusile..

Attractile :: Attractile (a.) Having power to attract.

Regeneration :: Regeneration (n.) The reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc., which have been used up and destroyed by the ordinary processes of life; as, the continual regeneration of the epithelial cells of the body, or the regeneration of the contractile substance of muscle..

Distractile :: Distractile (a.) Tending or serving to draw apart.

Retractable :: Retractable (a.) Capable of being retracted; retractile.

Asystole :: Asystole (n.) A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart.

Rostrifera :: Rostrifera (n. pl.) A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head prolonged into a snout which is not retractile..

Vorticella :: Vorticella (n.) Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched..

Irretractile :: Irretractile (a.) Not retractile.

Foussa :: Foussa (n.) A viverrine animal of Madagascar (Cryptoprocta ferox). It resembles a cat in size and form, and has retractile claws..

Iris :: Iris (n.) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye..

Irretractile :: Irretractile (a.) Not tractile or ductile.

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