myotatic irritability
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irritability
[ir″ĭ-tah-bil´ĭ-te]1. ability of an organism or a specific tissue to react to the environment.
2. the state of being abnormally responsive to slight stimuli, or unduly sensitive.
myotatic irritability the ability of a muscle to contract in response to stretching.
my·o·tat·ic ir·ri·ta·bil·i·ty
the ability of a muscle to contract in response to the stimulus produced by a sudden stretching.
myotatic irritability
n.
The ability of a muscle to contract in response to the stimulus produced by a sudden stretching.
my·o·tat·ic ir·ri·ta·bil·i·ty
(mī'ō-tat'ik ir'i-tă-bil'i-tē)The ability of a muscle to contract in response to the stimulus produced by a sudden stretching.