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symphonist (iou) and twitch muscle (medicine)


symphonist (iou)



symphonist noun. M17.
[from SYMPHONIZE or from SYMPHONY + -IST.]
A chorister whose singing is in tune and in time. rare. Only in M17.
Orig., an orchestral performer playing in a symphony or musical interlude to a vocal composition. Now (rare), a member of a symphony orchestra. M18.
A composer of orchestral symphonies. L18.

twitch muscle (medicine)


twitch muscle
<physiology> Striated muscle innervated by a single motoneuron and having an electrically excitable membrane that exhibits an all or none response (c.f. Tonic muscle): in mammals almost all skeletal muscles are twitch muscles.

Physiologists often divide muscles into fast and slow twitch types, the fast twitch muscles being associated with fast motor units.