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Meaning of SARCOLEMMA

Pronunciation:  `sârkow'lemu

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  an extensible membrane enclosing the contractile substance of a muscle fiber
 
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 See Also: membrane, tissue layer

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sar`co*lem"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos,
flesh + ? rind, skin.] (Anat.)
The very thin transparent and apparently homogeneous sheath
which incloses a striated muscular fiber; the myolemma.
 

 

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