sarcoplasm
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Sarcoplasm — The Sarcoplasm of a muscle fiber is comparable to the cytoplasm of other cells, but it houses unusually large amounts of glycosomes (granules of stored glycogen) and significant amounts of myoglobin, an oxygen binding protein. The calcium… … Wikipedia
sarcoplasm — noun Etymology: New Latin sarcoplasma Date: 1899 the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber • sarcoplasmic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
sarcoplasm — n. [Gr. sarx, flesh; plasma, formed or molded] The undifferentiated protoplasm of a muscle cell; between the myofibrils … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
sarcoplasm — Cytoplasm of striated muscle fibre … Dictionary of molecular biology
sarcoplasm — /sahr keuh plaz euhm/, n. Biol. the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber. [1895 1900; SARCO + PLASM] * * * … Universalium
sarcoplasm — The nonfibrillar cytoplasm of a muscle fiber. [sarco + G. plasma, a thing formed] * * * sar·co·plasm sär kə .plaz əm n the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber compare MYOPLASM * * * n. the cytoplasm of muscle cells. * * * sar·co·plasm (sahrґko… … Medical dictionary
sarcoplasm — [ sα:kə(ʊ)plaz(ə)m] noun Physiology the cytoplasm of striated muscle cells. Derivatives sarcoplasmic adjective Origin C19: from Gk sarx, sark flesh + plasma … English new terms dictionary
sarcoplasm — sar·co·plasm … English syllables
sarcoplasm — myoplasm; n. the cytoplasm of muscle cells … The new mediacal dictionary
sarcoplasm — sar•co•plasm [[t]ˈsɑr kəˌplæz əm[/t]] n. hic (lab cbl) the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber • Etymology: 1895–1900 … From formal English to slang
