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The quality or condition of being elastic.

- physical e. of muscle the quality of muscle that enables it to yield to passive physical stretch.

- physiologic e. of muscle the biologic quality, unique for muscle, of being able to change and resume size under neuromuscular control.

- total e. of muscle the combined effect of physical and physiologic e. of muscle.

elas·tic·i·ty i-.las-'tis-ət-ē, .ē-.las-, -'tis-tē n, pl -ties the quality or state of being elastic