inotropic
English
/ˌɪn.əˈtɹəʊ.pɪk/, /ˌiː.nəˈtɹoʊ.pɪk/
adj
Definitions
- (physiology) Increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions.
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek ἴς (tendon, sinew, strength, fibre, muscle of the body, muscle, force), τρόπος (turn, way, manner, a turn, style, direction, a mode in music, a trope figure of speech, a mode mood in logic, a manner, figure of speech, change, musical mode, response) + Ancient Greek en.
Origin
Ancient Greek
en
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- androgynous English
- axiomatic English
- chronotropic English
- dipteran English
- dromotropic English
- monoecious English
- noninotropic English
- poliomyelitis English
- tritrophic English
- tropo- English
- tropomyosin English
- ina Latin
- tropus Latin
- Poliomyelitis German
- Troposphäre German
- poliomyélite French
- hepatotropo Spanish, Castilian
- en Ancient Greek
- δολιότροπος Ancient Greek
- πολύτροπος Ancient Greek
- σφαῖρα Ancient Greek
- τρέπω Ancient Greek
- τρόπος Ancient Greek
- ἰνίον Ancient Greek
- ἴς Ancient Greek
- ὁμοιότροπος Ancient Greek
- *wéyh₁s Proto-Indo-European
- trope Norwegian Bokmål
- tropene Norwegian Bokmål
- troposfære Norwegian Bokmål
- trope Norwegian Nynorsk
- troposfære Norwegian Nynorsk
- tropo- Catalan, Valencian
- τρόπος Greek (modern)
- vláknica Slovak