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SARCOLEMMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sarcolemma mean? 

SARCOLEMMA (noun)
  The noun SARCOLEMMA has 1 sense:

1. an extensible membrane enclosing the contractile substance of a muscle fiberplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SARCOLEMMA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An extensible membrane enclosing the contractile substance of a muscle fiber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)

Derivation:

sarcolemmal (of or relating to the sarcolemma)

sarcolemmic (of or relating to sarcolemma)


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