Usually means: Contractile fibers within muscle cells.
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  3. myofibril: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. myofibril: Wiktionary
  8. myofibril: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  11. Myofibril: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. myofibril: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. myofibril: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  (anatomy) Any of the cylindrical organelles, found within muscle cells, that are the contractile unit of muscles.

Similar:
sarcostyle, myofibrilla, myofibrocyte, myocyte, myomere, myofibroblast, fibromyocyte, myophan, fibril, muscle segment, more...

Opposite:
non-myofibril, extramyofibril, noncontractile

Adjectives:
single, isolated, striated, individual, skeletal, intact, relaxed, same, cardiac, entire, whole

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Similar:
sarcostyle, myofibrilla, myofibrocyte, myocyte, myomere, myofibroblast, fibromyocyte, myophan, fibril, muscle segment, more...

Opposite:
non-myofibril, extramyofibril, noncontractile

Adjectives:
single, isolated, striated, individual, skeletal, intact, relaxed, same, cardiac, entire, whole



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