muscle fiber
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of muscle fiber
First recorded in 1875–80
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Obesity typically causes a reduction in muscle fiber diameter, but green tea prevented this muscle atrophy.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2025
Because of a mutation in the gene for dystrophin, DMD patients lack functioning copies of the huge protein that serves as a shock absorber inside muscle fiber cells.
From Science Magazine ● May 23, 2023
But most processes for making meat substitutes aren’t designed to mimic 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
Hydrogen is the same, whether it be a constituent of the ocean, of the air, or of the living muscle fiber.
From The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope by Henry Edward Crampton
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