sarcoplasm

American

[sahr-kuh-plaz-uhm] / ˈsɑr kəˌplæz əm /

noun

Biology.

the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber.

sarcoplasm British

/ ˈsɑːkəʊˌplæzəm /

noun

the cytoplasm of a muscle fibre

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Other Word Forms

sarcoplasmic adjective

Etymology

Origin of sarcoplasm

First recorded in 1895–1900; sarco- + -plasm

Example Sentences

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By this time the parasite has greatly distended the muscle-fibre in which it has hitherto lain, absorbing, with its growth, practically all the contractile-substance, until it is surrounded only by the sarcolemma and sarcoplasm.

From Project Gutenberg

Within the sarcolemma are minute fibrils and a semiliquid substance, called the sarcoplasm.

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