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Definition of Inotropic
1. Adjective. Affecting the force of muscle contraction. e.g. inotropic heart drugs ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inotropic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Inotropic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Inotropic
Literary usage of Inotropic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arhythmia of the Heart: A Physiological and Clinical Study by Karl Friedrich Wenckebach (1904)
"This condition cannot be due to an increase in the rate of the pulse, but must
be caused by a weaker or smaller systole, ie by a negative inotropic ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The glycosidic compounds obtained from the plant and insect extracts showed no
loss of identity or inotropic activity on acid and base hydrolysis. cardiac ..."
3. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"Both are antagonized by atropin which paralyzes both the chronotropic and inotropic
functions; and by epinephrin and caffein, which stimulate the heart ..."
4. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"... negatively inotropic, whereas others are able, in appropriate concentration,
to increase the functional capacity of the striated, smooth, ..."
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