unstriped

[ uhn-strahypt, -strahy-pid ]

/ ʌnˈstraɪpt, -ˈstraɪ pɪd /

adjective

not striped; nonstriated, as muscular tissue.

Words nearby unstriped

unstratified, unstreamed, unstressed, unstriated, unstring, unstriped, unstructured, unstrung, unstuck, unstudied, unsub

Origin of unstriped

First recorded in 1835–45; un-¹ + striped

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Examples from the Web for unstriped

The unstriped muscular fibre, more properly the fusiform-cell fibre, which carries on the involuntary internal movements.
Medical Essays|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The muscles of the limbs are made up of striped muscle-cells; those of the stomach, etc., of unstriped cells.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking|Wesley Mills
(h) The muscles in all parts of the body consist of striped muscular fibre, never of unstriped muscular tissue.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6|Various
Hence their name of non-striated, or unstriped, and smooth muscles.
A Practical Physiology|Albert F. Blaisdell

The walls of the womb consist of a thick layer of unstriped muscle.
The Sexual Question|August Forel

British Dictionary definitions for unstriped

unstriped

/ (ʌnˈstraɪpt) /

adjective

(esp of smooth muscle) not having stripes; unstriated

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