SARCOPLASM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sarcoplasm mean? 

• SARCOPLASM (noun)
  The noun SARCOPLASM has 1 sense:

1. the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber

  Familiarity information: SARCOPLASM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SARCOPLASM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("sarcoplasm" is a kind of...):

cytol; cytoplasm (the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism)

Holonyms ("sarcoplasm" is a part of...):

myofibril; myofibrilla; sarcostyle (one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber)

 Context examples 

A type of striated skeletal muscle fiber that contracts quicker than a red fiber but slower than a white fiber and contains only a moderate amount of mitochondria, myoglobin and sarcoplasm.

(Intermediate Fiber, NCI Thesaurus)