"inotropic" meaning in English

See inotropic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌɪn.əˈtɹəʊ.pɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɪn.əˈtɹɒp.ɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌiː.nəˈtɹoʊ.pɪk/ [General-American], /ˌaɪ.nəˈtɹoʊ.pɪk/ [General-American], /ˌiː.nəˈtɹɑp.ɪk/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -ɒpɪk, -əʊpɪk Etymology: 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 templates: {{af|en|ἴς|-tropic|lang1=grc|t1=sinew, tendon; strength, force|t2=affecting, changing}} Ancient Greek ἴς (ís, “sinew, tendon; strength, force”) + -tropic (“affecting, changing”), {{der|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{af|en|-ic}} -ic, {{af|grc|τρόπος|-ικός|nocat=1|pos2=adjectival suffix|t1=turn, direction, way|t2=<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">-ic</i>}} τρόπος (trópos, “turn, direction, way”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} inotropic (not comparable)
  1. (physiology) Increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Physiology Related terms: inotrope, inotropicity, inotropism, inotropy Translations (increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions): inotropo (Italian), inotrópico (Portuguese), inotrópico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-inotropic-en-adj-x7ZkJ5uu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, English terms suffixed with -tropic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tropic: 67 33 Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences

Noun

IPA: /ˌɪn.əˈtɹəʊ.pɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɪn.əˈtɹɒp.ɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌiː.nəˈtɹoʊ.pɪk/ [General-American], /ˌaɪ.nəˈtɹoʊ.pɪk/ [General-American], /ˌiː.nəˈtɹɑp.ɪk/ [General-American] Forms: inotropics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒpɪk, -əʊpɪk Etymology: 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 templates: {{af|en|ἴς|-tropic|lang1=grc|t1=sinew, tendon; strength, force|t2=affecting, changing}} Ancient Greek ἴς (ís, “sinew, tendon; strength, force”) + -tropic (“affecting, changing”), {{der|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{af|en|-ic}} -ic, {{af|grc|τρόπος|-ικός|nocat=1|pos2=adjectival suffix|t1=turn, direction, way|t2=<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">-ic</i>}} τρόπος (trópos, “turn, direction, way”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} inotropic (plural inotropics)
  1. (medicine, pharmacology) An inotropic heart drug. Categories (topical): Medicine, Pharmaceutical drugs
    Sense id: en-inotropic-en-noun-TbtoHzPG Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for inotropic meaning in English (5.5kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ἴς",
        "3": "-tropic",
        "lang1": "grc",
        "t1": "sinew, tendon; strength, force",
        "t2": "affecting, changing"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἴς (ís, “sinew, tendon; strength, force”) + -tropic (“affecting, changing”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-ic"
      },
      "expansion": "-ic",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "τρόπος",
        "3": "-ικός",
        "nocat": "1",
        "pos2": "adjectival suffix",
        "t1": "turn, direction, way",
        "t2": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">-ic</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "τρόπος (trópos, “turn, direction, way”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "inotropic (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Physiology",
          "orig": "en:Physiology",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ic",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -tropic",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions."
      ],
      "id": "en-inotropic-en-adj-x7ZkJ5uu",
      "links": [
        [
          "physiology",
          "physiology"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "muscular",
          "muscular"
        ],
        [
          "contractions",
          "contractions"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physiology) Increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "inotrope"
        },
        {
          "word": "inotropicity"
        },
        {
          "word": "inotropism"
        },
        {
          "word": "inotropy"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "physiology",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions",
          "word": "inotropo"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions",
          "word": "inotrópico"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions",
          "word": "inotrópico"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪn.əˈtɹəʊ.pɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪn.əˈtɹɒp.ɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌiː.nəˈtɹoʊ.pɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌaɪ.nəˈtɹoʊ.pɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌiː.nəˈtɹɑp.ɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒpɪk"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊpɪk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inotropic"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ἴς",
        "3": "-tropic",
        "lang1": "grc",
        "t1": "sinew, tendon; strength, force",
        "t2": "affecting, changing"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἴς (ís, “sinew, tendon; strength, force”) + -tropic (“affecting, changing”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-ic"
      },
      "expansion": "-ic",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "τρόπος",
        "3": "-ικός",
        "nocat": "1",
        "pos2": "adjectival suffix",
        "t1": "turn, direction, way",
        "t2": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">-ic</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "τρόπος (trópos, “turn, direction, way”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "inotropics",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "inotropic (plural inotropics)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "en:Medicine",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Pharmaceutical drugs",
          "orig": "en:Pharmaceutical drugs",
          "parents": [
            "Drugs",
            "Matter",
            "Pharmacology",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Biochemistry",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An inotropic heart drug."
      ],
      "id": "en-inotropic-en-noun-TbtoHzPG",
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "pharmacology",
          "pharmacology"
        ],
        [
          "heart",
          "heart"
        ],
        [
          "drug",
          "drug"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine, pharmacology) An inotropic heart drug."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "pharmacology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪn.əˈtɹəʊ.pɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪn.əˈtɹɒp.ɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌiː.nəˈtɹoʊ.pɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌaɪ.nəˈtɹoʊ.pɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌiː.nəˈtɹɑp.ɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒpɪk"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊpɪk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inotropic"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 4-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms suffixed with -ic",
    "English terms suffixed with -tropic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒpɪk",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒpɪk/4 syllables",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊpɪk",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊpɪk/4 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ἴς",
        "3": "-tropic",
        "lang1": "grc",
        "t1": "sinew, tendon; strength, force",
        "t2": "affecting, changing"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἴς (ís, “sinew, tendon; strength, force”) + -tropic (“affecting, changing”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-ic"
      },
      "expansion": "-ic",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "τρόπος",
        "3": "-ικός",
        "nocat": "1",
        "pos2": "adjectival suffix",
        "t1": "turn, direction, way",
        "t2": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">-ic</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "τρόπος (trópos, “turn, direction, way”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "inotropic (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "inotrope"
    },
    {
      "word": "inotropicity"
    },
    {
      "word": "inotropism"
    },
    {
      "word": "inotropy"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Physiology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physiology",
          "physiology"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "muscular",
          "muscular"
        ],
        [
          "contractions",
          "contractions"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physiology) Increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "physiology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪn.əˈtɹəʊ.pɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪn.əˈtɹɒp.ɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌiː.nəˈtɹoʊ.pɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌaɪ.nəˈtɹoʊ.pɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌiː.nəˈtɹɑp.ɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒpɪk"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊpɪk"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions",
      "word": "inotropo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions",
      "word": "inotrópico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions",
      "word": "inotrópico"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inotropic"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 4-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms suffixed with -ic",
    "English terms suffixed with -tropic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒpɪk",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒpɪk/4 syllables",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊpɪk",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊpɪk/4 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ἴς",
        "3": "-tropic",
        "lang1": "grc",
        "t1": "sinew, tendon; strength, force",
        "t2": "affecting, changing"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἴς (ís, “sinew, tendon; strength, force”) + -tropic (“affecting, changing”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-ic"
      },
      "expansion": "-ic",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "τρόπος",
        "3": "-ικός",
        "nocat": "1",
        "pos2": "adjectival suffix",
        "t1": "turn, direction, way",
        "t2": "<i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">-ic</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "τρόπος (trópos, “turn, direction, way”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "inotropics",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "inotropic (plural inotropics)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Medicine",
        "en:Pharmaceutical drugs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An inotropic heart drug."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "pharmacology",
          "pharmacology"
        ],
        [
          "heart",
          "heart"
        ],
        [
          "drug",
          "drug"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine, pharmacology) An inotropic heart drug."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "pharmacology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪn.əˈtɹəʊ.pɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪn.əˈtɹɒp.ɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌiː.nəˈtɹoʊ.pɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌaɪ.nəˈtɹoʊ.pɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌiː.nəˈtɹɑp.ɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒpɪk"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊpɪk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inotropic"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.