| NOUN | body | contractile organ, contractor | a bodily organ that contracts |
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| Meaning | A bodily organ that contracts. | |
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| Synonym | contractor | |
| Narrower | muscle, musculus | One of the contractile organs of the body |
| Broader | organ | A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function |
| Spanish | órgano contráctil | |
| Catalan | òrgan contràctil | |
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