The name was coined by Alexander Vostokov and popularized by Vasily Zhukovsky in his eponymous ballad, first published in 1813. The name is also used in Ukraine, Belarus, Slovakia, and Serbia, with a number of occurrences in non-Slavic countries.
Define inotropic: increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions â inotropic in a sentence increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractionsâ¦ See the full definition
chronotropic in Medicine Expand. chronotropic chronÂ·oÂ·tropÂ·ic (krÅn'É-trÅp'Ä­k, -trÅ'pÄ­k) adj. Affecting the rate of rhythmic movements, such as the heartbeat.