lusitropic

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US/ˌlu.səˈtɹoʊ.pɪk/

adjective

relating to or producing lusitropy

Opposite
inotropic
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Meanings

adjectivelusitropic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicinerelating to or producing lusitropy

    We also found that SRTX-b exerted a negative lusitropic effect i.e^([sic]) impairment of LV relaxation as reflected by an increased Tau, the relaxation time constant.

    15 July 2015, Yazine Mahjoub, Stéphanie Malaquin, Gilles Mourier, Emmanuel Lorne, Osama Abou Arab, Ziad A. Massy, Hervé Dupont, Frédéric Ducancel, “Short- versus long-sarafotoxins: two structurally related snake toxins with very different in vivo haemodynamic effects”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

    Antonyms: inotropic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiverelating to or producing lusitropy

Opposite
inotropic

Origin

From lusitropy + -ic.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with lusitropic

inotropicchronotropicamblyopicdromotropicgeotropic
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Cite this entry
APA

lusitropic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lusitropic

MLA

“lusitropic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lusitropic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lusitropic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lusitropic.

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