MYOFIBRILLA (myofibrillae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: myofibrillae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does myofibrilla mean? 

• MYOFIBRILLA (noun)
  The noun MYOFIBRILLA has 1 sense:

1. one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber

  Familiarity information: MYOFIBRILLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYOFIBRILLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

myofibril; myofibrilla; sarcostyle

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

fibril; filament; strand (a very slender natural or synthetic fiber)

Meronyms (parts of "myofibrilla"):

sarcoplasm (the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber)

sarcomere (one of the segments into which a myofibril is divided)

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

striated muscle cell; striated muscle fiber (an elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue)