muscle fiber

American  

noun

1. one of the structural cells of a muscle.

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Etymology

Origin of muscle fiber

First recorded in 1875–80

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• myofibril vs. muscle fiber

Example Sentences

In order to change and study gene function in muscle fibers, all of the muscle fiber nuclei must be changed, which is difficult to achieve.

From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2023

As damaged muscle fiber cells are being repaired by dividing muscle stem cells, some will not inherit the loop, and the benefits will fade as the modified cells become outnumbered.

From Science Magazine • May 23, 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

His muscle fiber had drawn strength from the ax and the log-pole, but as yet it had not become heavy with decades of hard labor.

From Destiny by Buck, Charles Neville