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SARCOLEMMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sarcolemma mean?
• SARCOLEMMA (noun)
The noun SARCOLEMMA has 1 sense:
1. an extensible membrane enclosing the contractile substance of a muscle fiber
Familiarity information: SARCOLEMMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An extensible membrane enclosing the contractile substance of a muscle fiber
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
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)
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