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noun
Any of the cylindrical organelles, found within muscle cells, that are the contractile unit of muscles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: myofibrilla, sarcostyle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fibril, filament, strand
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *múHs Proto-Hellenic *mū́s Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs)der. English myo- English fibril English myofibril From myo- + fibril.
Across languages
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