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myo- (iou)



myo- combining form [my'opathy noun (Medicine) (a) disease of muscle tissue M19.
myoplasm noun (Anatomy) = SARCOPLASM E20.
myo'plasmic adjective = SARCOPLASMIC L20.
myosar'coma noun, pl. -mas, -mata [-m?t?[, Medicine a malignant tumour of muscular tissue L19.
myo'septum noun, pl. -ta, Zoology a membrane which separates adjacent myomeres in lower vertebrates and the embryos of higher vertebrates E20.
myotatic Physiology (of a muscular contraction, esp. a reflex) caused by stretching of the muscle L19.
myotube noun (Embryology) a cylindrical syncytial cell formed during the development of a muscle fibre from myoblasts M20.