inotropic

inotropic
Influencing the contractility of muscular tissue. [ino- + G. tropos, a turning]
- negatively i. weakening muscular action.
- positively i. strengthening muscular action.

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ino·tro·pic .ē-nə-'trō-pik, .ī-nə-, -'träp-ik adj relating to or influencing the force of muscular contractions <digitalis is a positive \inotropic agent>

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adj.
affecting the contraction of heart muscle. Drugs such as dobutamine and enoximone have positive inotropic action, stimulating heart muscle contractions and causing the heart rate to increase. beta blocker drugs, such as propranolol, have negative inotropic action, reducing heart muscle contractions and causing the heart rate to decrease.

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in·o·tro·pic (in″o-troґpik) [ino- + -tropic] affecting the force or energy of muscular contractions.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • inotropic — /ee neuh trop ik, troh pik, uy neuh /, adj. Physiol. influencing the contractility of muscular tissue. [1900 05; < Gk ino (comb. form of ís fiber, sinew) + TROPIC] * * * …   Universalium

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  • inotropic — ino·trop·ic …   English syllables

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