muscle fiber
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of muscle fiber
First recorded in 1875–80
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"The biggest surprise about this was finding that a macrophage has a synaptic-like property that delivers an ion to a muscle fiber to facilitate its repair after an injury," Jankowski says.
From Science Daily • Nov. 24, 2025
The analysis, reported today in Current Biology, suggests elephants get their fine control from almost 90,000 surprisingly tiny bundles of muscle fiber.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 26, 2023
Luckily, food scientists are now finding creative new ways to re-create fish’s intricate sheets of parallel muscle fiber.
From Scientific American • Feb. 28, 2023
Earlier, Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann said Coman’s injury “doesn’t look so good” and that he hoped it was “just a muscle fiber tear and nothing more serious.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2022
What conclusion can you draw regarding the effect of dry and moist heat upon muscle fiber?
From School and Home Cooking by Greer, Carlotta Cherryholmes
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