Some authorities have thought their animality proved by the high degree of contractility which their tissues evince.
This is sensible organic contractility or irritability," and corresponds to the sensitive perception of the old English physiologist.
The contractility of the muscles gradually but slowly improved, but neither the atrophy nor temperature of the limb appeared visibly affected by the treatment.
And, so far as the conditions of the manifestation of the phænomena of contractility have yet been studied, they are the same for the plant as for the animal.
Among the lower plants, it is the rule rather than the exception, that contractility should be still more openly manifested at some periods of their existence.
The property of contractility enables the muscles to produce motion.
And, so far as the conditions of the manifestation of the phaenomena of contractility have yet been studied, they are the same for the plant as for the animal.
The responsive mechanical movement is rendered possible only by the contractility of the organ, and mechanical and anatomical facilities offered by it for unhampered movement.
Stimulation of one side of the tendril induces an expansion of the opposite side, even in cases where the contractility of the stimulated side is feeble.
Will the new issue have sufficient contractilityto meet this need?
It would seem, then, that the new law does not promise to give to the note issue the degree of contractility which has hitherto been considered desirable.
In other words, there is some point in the fear expressed by many bankers that the new law will result in note inflation--at least in so far as the avoiding of this danger is dependent on the contractility of the note issue.
As respects insuring contractility by the former of these processes, the act certainly cannot claim to promise high efficiency.
It is produced by a loss of contractility of the intestinal wall.
The normal advance of the contents of the bowel is interfered with by any cause which lessens the contractility of the muscular coat.
It is said to be due more to a loss of contractility of the bowel than to the narrowing of its lumen.
Stimulation of muscular contractility by the oesophageal electrode has been recommended, but the prospects of success hardly justify the risks of serious injury in the domain of the pneumogastric nerve.
The thickening and irritation of the mucous membrane lead to a diminution of reflex excitability and loss of elasticity and contractility in the muscular coat.
And, so far as the conditions of the manifestation of the phenomena of contractility have yet been studied, they are the same for the plant as for the animal.
The irritability and contractility of the muscles of frogs were lost, while sensibility remained.
Voluntary muscle loses quickly its contractility when a solution of potash is injected into its vessels.
Both excitability and contractilityare affected to a powerful degree.
Among the lower plants, it is the rule rather than the exception that contractility should be still more openly manifested at some periods of their existence.
The chloride of iron exerts a decided influence on the vital contractility of the blood-vessels.
This increased contractility certainly assists in diminishing the rapidity of absorption of putrid fluids through the blood-vessels, which constitutes the principal source of danger from the disease.
The power of the naked cell to execute these characteristic amoeba-like movements comes from the contractility (or automatic mobility) of its protoplasm.
Diminished contractilityto faradism, associated with increased contractility by galvanism (Charpentier).
Therefore, if electro-muscular contractility be present in any muscle, it means life or death only a few hours before.
Thus Rieder failed to observe any contractility in the majority of polynuclear leucocytes in a case of malignant lymphoma, whereas according to all other observations they possess this property without exception.
This disposition may not, however, be strong enough to restore the full measure of contractility to vessels that have been long overdistended, and then insomnia results.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "contractility" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
