inotropic
Speech parts
1. inotropic - Noun
2. inotropic - Adjective
Meaning
inotropic (not comparable)
(physiology) Increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions.
inotropic (plural inotropics)
(medicine, pharmacology) An inotropic heart drug.
Examples
Similar findings, however, have been observed in normal or well-compensated patients with heart failure with agents possessing significant negative inotropic effects.
In animal studies, dobutamine produces less increase in heart rate and less decrease in peripheral resistance for a given inotropic effect than does isoproterenol.