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myotatic contraction(medicine)
myotatic reflex(medicine)
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myotatic reflex (medicine)


myotatic reflex
Tonic contraction of the muscles in response to a stretching force, due to stimulation of muscle proprioceptors.

Synonym: Liddell-Sherrington reflex, muscular reflex, stretch reflex.


cecropin (medicine)


cecropin
<protein> One of a group of inducible antibacterial proteins purified and characterised from Hyalophora cecropia (silkmoth) pupae and now found in several Other species of endopterygote insects.

Small basic proteins that cause lysis of both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.