arterio-contractile
Undergoing contraction due to stimulation by arterial bloodUndergoing contraction due to stimulation by arterial blood.
/ɑːˌtɪəɹɪəʊkənˈtɹæktaɪl/
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable, obsolete)Undergoing contraction due to stimulation by arterial blood.
Origin
From arteri- + -o- + contractile. Coined by English physiologist Marshall Hall in 1832 inFrom arteri- + -o- + contractile. Coined by English physiologist Marshall Hall in 1832 in the paper “Theory of the inverse Ratio which subsists between Respiration and Irritability in the Animal Kingdom”. Despite the initial uptake of this term, it failed to thrive, and is unattested beyond 1835, a mere three years after its coining.
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