Medical Definition of Contractile ring

1. The equatorial ring of microfilaments that diminishes in diameter probably both by contraction and disassembly as cytokinesis proceeds. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contractile Ring

contracted foot
contracted heel
contracted kidney
contracted pelvis
contractedly
contractedness
contractee
contractees
contractibilities
contractibility
contractible
contractibleness
contractile
contractile organ
contractile proteins
contractile ring (current term)
contractile stricture
contractile vacuole
contractilities
contractility
contracting
contraction
contraction band
contraction band necrosis
contraction stress test
contractional
contractionary
contractions
contractive
contractivity

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