The story
From Ancient Greek ἴς (ís, “sinew, tendon; strength, force”) + -tropic (“affecting, changing”), from Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “turn, direction, way”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
inotropic
Today it means: Increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions. Full definition →