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

contraclockwise
contract
contract
contractable
contracted
contracted foot
contracted heel
contracted kidney
contracted pelvis
contractibility
contractible
contractile
contractile
contractile organ
contractile proteins
contractile ring (current term)
contractile stricture
contractile vacuole
contractilities
contractility
contractility
contracting
contraction
contraction
contractional
contractionary
contractions
contraction band
contraction band necrosis
contraction stress test

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