Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being retractile; susceptibility of retraction.
  • noun The character of being refractile.

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Examples

  • Tail-wrist-II, the device prevents the loss of retractility in patients with half of their bodies paralyzed.

    Gearlog 2008

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