| cardiac contractility | A measure of cardiac pump performance, the degree to which muscle fibres can shorten when activated by a stimulus independent of preload and afterload. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| contractility | Capacity for becoming short in response to a suitable stimulus. (18 Nov 1997) |
| idiomuscular | <physiology> Applied to a semipermanent contraction of a muscle, produced by a mechanical irritant. Origin: Idio- + muscular. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| idiomuscular contraction | A localised contraction of a degenerating muscle, occurring at the point of a sharp blow, independent of the nerve supply. Synonym: idiomuscular contraction, mounding, myoidema. Origin: myo-+ G. Oidema, swelling (05 Mar 2000) |