inotropic
/ˌiː.nəˈtɹoʊ.pɪk/adjective, noun
inotropic is an adjective meaning “Increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-N-O-T-R-O-P-I-C and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 29 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does inotropic mean?
adjective
- 1
Increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions.
noun
- 1
An inotropic heart drug.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce inotropic?
- UK /ˌɪn.əˈtɹəʊ.pɪk/
- UK /ˌɪn.əˈtɹɒp.ɪk/
- US /ˌiː.nəˈtɹoʊ.pɪk/
Inotropic has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-inotropic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of inotropic
- inotropics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is inotropic?
Inotropic appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Inotropic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | inotrópico |
| Spanish | inotrópico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does inotropic come from?
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).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).