CONTRACTILE ORGAN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A bodily organ that contracts

Synonyms:

contractile organ; contractor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("contractile organ" is a kind of...):

organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "contractile organ"):

muscle; musculus (one of the contractile organs of the body)