SARCOMERE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the segments into which a myofibril is divided

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("sarcomere" is a kind of...):

segment (one of the parts into which something naturally divides)

Holonyms ("sarcomere" is a part of...):

myofibril; myofibrilla; sarcostyle (one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber)

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