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SARCOLEMMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An extensible membrane enclosing the contractile substance of a muscle fiber
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sarcolemma" is a kind of...):
membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)
Derivation:
sarcolemmal (of or relating to the sarcolemma)
sarcolemmic (of or relating to sarcolemma)