muscle fibre

noun

any of the numerous elongated contractile cells that make up striated muscle

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Defective nutrition and degeneration of the muscle-fibre of the intestine explain these cases.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various
It invariably lies between the layer of muscle-fibre and that of the epithelium.
Jellyfish, Starfish, and Sea-Urchins: Being a Research on Primitive Nervous Systems|G. J. Romanes
White-fleshed fish which has but little fat incorporated with the muscle-fibre is to be preferred.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various

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