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Noun: striated muscle fiber
Usage: US (elsewhere: striated muscle fibre)
  1. An elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue
    "striated muscle fibers are found in skeletal muscles and the heart";
    - striated muscle cell, striated muscle fibre [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: striated muscle fibers

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

Part of: skeletal muscle, striated muscle