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Myofibril

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Any of the threadlike fibrils that make up the contractile part of a striated muscle fiber. Also called sarcostyle.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Cylindrical organelles, found within muscle cells, that are the contractile unit of muscles.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A muscle-fibril.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber

Word Usage

"However, as the disease progresses, cardiomyocytes show deterioration in some mitochondrial as well as myofibril features, evidenced by swelling of mitochondria, misalignment of myofibril structure, and blurring as well as breakage of Z-lines."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

strand fibril filament

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

sarcostyle