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muscle fiber
mus·cle fi·ber
Definitions related to muscle fibers:
  • (myotube) Developing muscle fiber in which the nucleus is still located centrally, before moving to the periphery of the cell.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Cells bundled together to make up muscle tissue. Also known as muscle cells.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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