STRIATED MUSCLE FIBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does striated muscle fiber mean? 

• STRIATED MUSCLE FIBER (noun)
  The noun STRIATED MUSCLE FIBER has 1 sense:

1. an elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue

  Familiarity information: STRIATED MUSCLE FIBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRIATED MUSCLE FIBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

striated muscle cell; striated muscle fiber

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)