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STRIATED MUSCLE FIBER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue
Synonyms:
striated muscle cell; striated muscle fiber
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("striated muscle fiber" is a kind of...):
muscle cell; muscle fiber; muscle fibre (an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body)
Meronyms (parts of "striated muscle fiber"):
myofibril; myofibrilla; sarcostyle (one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber)
Holonyms ("striated muscle fiber" is a part of...):
skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)
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