retractilityn.

Brit.

/rᵻˌtrakˈtɪlᵻti/, U.S.

/rəˌtrækˈtɪlᵻdi/,

/riˌtrækˈtɪlᵻdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: retractile adj.¹, -ity suffix.

Etymology: < retractile adj.¹ + -ity suffix, after French rétractilité (1806 or earlier).

1. Chiefly Medicine. The ability or tendency to contract, or to expand and contract; contractility.In quot. 1897 relating to flocculation of albumin: see retractile adj.¹ 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pulling > pulling back > ability to be

retractility1812

retractability1834

1812 J. Gates tr. J. N. Corvisart Ess. Org. Dis. Heart & Great Vessels ii. 96 When an aneurism is formed in one of the cavities of the heart,..the ventricle on this side..will necessarily lose its natural capacity, since, receiving a less quantity of blood than what is necessary in a healthy state, the muscular fibres are left to all their retractility, by the imperfect, but continual emptiness of the cavity.

1829 H. Storer tr. A. L. J. Bayle & H. Hollard Man. Gen. Anat. x. 286 It [sc. muscular fibre] possesses an evident retractility.

1846 Lancet 21 Mar. 323/1 This property has by some authors been termed tonicity, by others, retractility.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 307 Various conditions of the urine, such as its acidity for example, influencing the retractility of the coagulum.

1968 H. O. Mackey & J. P. Mackey Handbk. Dis. Skin (ed. 9) vii. 62 Clot retractility (blood), complete in 1 to 2 hours.

1982 Radiology 142 309 In patients with pneumothorax, the normal lung tends to maintain its original shape because its retractility is more or less uniform.

2. Chiefly Zoology and Medicine. The property, condition, or fact of being retractile (retractile adj.¹ 1).

ΚΠ

1830 E. T. Bennett Gardens & Menagerie Zool. Soc. I. 100 The claws are destitute of retractility.

1898 A. Sedgwick Student's Text-bk. Zool. I. 177 In the genera, with a good development of spicules in the body-wall, there is hardly any retractility, but the tentacles are simply folded over the mouth on irritation.

1930 Jrnl. Mammalogy 11 133 The dogs lost wholly the partial retractility of the claws while the cats developed it further.

1995 Human Reprod. 10 613 Retractility [of testes] was associated with a lower sperm output.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	retractility
释义	retractilityn. Brit. /rᵻˌtrakˈtɪlᵻti/, U.S. /rəˌtrækˈtɪlᵻdi/, /riˌtrækˈtɪlᵻdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: retractile adj.¹, -ity suffix. Etymology: < retractile adj.¹ + -ity suffix, after French rétractilité (1806 or earlier). 1. Chiefly Medicine. The ability or tendency to contract, or to expand and contract; contractility.In quot. 1897 relating to flocculation of albumin: see retractile adj.¹ 3. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pulling > pulling back > ability to be retractility1812 retractability1834 1812 J. Gates tr. J. N. Corvisart Ess. Org. Dis. Heart & Great Vessels ii. 96 When an aneurism is formed in one of the cavities of the heart,..the ventricle on this side..will necessarily lose its natural capacity, since, receiving a less quantity of blood than what is necessary in a healthy state, the muscular fibres are left to all their retractility, by the imperfect, but continual emptiness of the cavity. 1829 H. Storer tr. A. L. J. Bayle & H. Hollard Man. Gen. Anat. x. 286 It [sc. muscular fibre] possesses an evident retractility. 1846 Lancet 21 Mar. 323/1 This property has by some authors been termed tonicity, by others, retractility. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 307 Various conditions of the urine, such as its acidity for example, influencing the retractility of the coagulum. 1968 H. O. Mackey & J. P. Mackey Handbk. Dis. Skin (ed. 9) vii. 62 Clot retractility (blood), complete in 1 to 2 hours. 1982 Radiology 142 309 In patients with pneumothorax, the normal lung tends to maintain its original shape because its retractility is more or less uniform. 2. Chiefly Zoology and Medicine. The property, condition, or fact of being retractile (retractile adj.¹ 1). ΚΠ 1830 E. T. Bennett Gardens & Menagerie Zool. Soc. I. 100 The claws are destitute of retractility. 1898 A. Sedgwick Student's Text-bk. Zool. I. 177 In the genera, with a good development of spicules in the body-wall, there is hardly any retractility, but the tentacles are simply folded over the mouth on irritation. 1930 Jrnl. Mammalogy 11 133 The dogs lost wholly the partial retractility of the claws while the cats developed it further. 1995 Human Reprod. 10 613 Retractility [of testes] was associated with a lower sperm output. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1812
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