Usually means: Involuntary, non-striated muscle in organs.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word smooth muscle:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. smooth muscle: Merriam-Webster
  2. smooth muscle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. smooth muscle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. smooth muscle: Collins English Dictionary
  5. smooth muscle: Vocabulary.com
  6. smooth muscle: Wiktionary
  7. smooth muscle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. smooth muscle: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. smooth muscle: Dictionary.com
  10. Smooth muscle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. smooth muscle: Rhymezone
  12. smooth muscle: FreeDictionary.org
  13. smooth muscle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. smooth muscle: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Muscle, smooth, smooth muscle: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. smooth muscle: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Smooth muscle: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  7. Muscle, smooth, smooth muscle: Medical dictionary
  8. Smooth muscle: Drug Medical Dictionary
  9. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (smooth muscle)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) Involuntary muscle which is found within the intestines, throat, uterus, and blood vessel walls.

Similar:
involuntary muscle, media, submucosa, enterothelium, intima, endothelium, interstitium, endomysium, endangium, medulla, more...

Opposite:
striated muscle, skeletal muscle, voluntary muscle

Types:
cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, visceral muscle, more...

Phrases:
smooth muscle cell, smooth muscle tissue, smooth muscle cells, myocytes, smooth muscle, myocytes smooth muscle, more...

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Similar:
involuntary muscle, media, submucosa, enterothelium, intima, endothelium, interstitium, endomysium, endangium, medulla, more...

Opposite:
striated muscle, skeletal muscle, voluntary muscle

Types:
cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, visceral muscle, more...

Phrases:
smooth muscle cell, smooth muscle tissue, smooth muscle cells, myocytes, smooth muscle, myocytes smooth muscle, smooth muscle myocytes, Vascular smooth muscle, more...



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