MYOFIBRIL

myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle

(noun) one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

myofibril (plural myofibrils)

(muscle) Any of the cylindrical organelles, found within muscle cells, that are the contractile unit of muscles.

Synonyms

• (organelle): sarcostyle (obsolete)

Source: Wiktionary



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25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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