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Noun: muscle fiber
Usage: US (elsewhere: muscle fibre)
  1. An elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body
    "muscle fibers contract to produce movement";
    - muscle cell, muscle fibre [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: muscle fibers

Type of: fiber [US], fibre [Brit, Cdn], somatic cell, vegetative cell

Part of: muscle, musculus

Encyclopedia: Muscle fiber