SARCOPLASM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("sarcoplasm" is a kind of...):

cytol; cytoplasm (the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism)

Holonyms ("sarcoplasm" is a part of...):

myofibril; myofibrilla; sarcostyle (one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber)

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