( a. )
tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues.
( a. )
tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012