cardiac muscle
Americannoun
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a specialized form of striated muscle occurring in the hearts of vertebrates.
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the myocardium.
Etymology
Origin of cardiac muscle
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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They get larger muscles due to this naturally-occurring hormone.
From Encyclopedia.com • Sep. 19, 2018
He began putting a lacrosse ball under his big toe to increase its mobility, to make sure he engaged his feet — and by extension, the larger muscles of his legs — more effectively.
From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2018
He overcame the disorder, he said, by learning to apply the larger muscles centered in the armpit rather than the smaller ones in the forearm.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2012
No one yet knows if the larger muscles that HGH stimulates in the elderly will function as younger muscles do.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are those that are better nourished, those that have larger muscles, those that breathe deeper and run faster.
From The Story of the Mind by Baldwin, James Mark
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