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    muscle
    Tissue specialized for contraction. See also twitch muscle, catch muscle:
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    Muscle
    Mus'cle noun [ French, from Latin musculus a muscle, a little mouse, dim. of mus a mouse. See Mouse , and confer sense 3 (below).] 1. (Anat.) (a) An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion. See Il...
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    muscle
    <anatomy> Tissue specialised for contraction. See twitch muscle, catch muscle: Cardiac muscle (heart muscle) is a striated but involuntary muscle responsible for the pumping activity of the vertebrate heart. The individual muscle cells are joined through a junctional complex known as the inter...
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    muscle
    musculus noun one of the contractile organs of the body
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    muscle
    noun animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
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    muscle
    (mus´әl) a bundle of long slender cells (muscle fibers) having the power to contract and hence to produce movement. Muscles are responsible for locomotion and play an important part in performing vital body functions. They also protect the contents of the abdomen against injury and help suppo...
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    Muscle
    • (n.) Muscular strength or development; as, to show one`s muscle by lifting a heavy weight. • (n.) See Mussel. • (n.) The contractile tissue of which muscles are largely made up. • (n.) An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion.
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    muscle
    contractile tissue found in animals, the function of which is to produce motion.[48 related articles]
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    muscle
    muscle 1. A tissue that can undergo repeated contraction and relaxation, so that it is able to produce movement of body parts, maintain tension, or pump fluids within the body. There are three types: voluntary striped muscle, involuntary smooth muscle, and branched or heart muscle. 2. An organ comp...
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    muscle
    
    1. one of the contractile organs of the body
    2. animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
    3. muscular strength
    
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    muscle
    A bundle of contractile cells, or muscle fibers, that allows movement in humans and other animals. In the body, there are three types of muscle: • skeletal (striated or striped) muscle • smooth (unstriated or unstriped) muscle • cardiac muscle See also muscular system.
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    muscle
    muscle, the contractile tissue that effects the movement of and within the body. Muscle tissue in the higher animals is classified as striated, smooth, or cardiac, according to its structure and function. Striated, or skeletal, muscle forms the bulk of the body's muscle tissue and gives the body its...
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    Muscle
    Muscle is British slang for an enforcer or bodyguard.
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