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Purkinje fiber definition

Purkinje fiber

any of the specialized cardiac muscle fibers forming a network that carries the electrical impulses controlling contraction of the ventricles

Etymology: see Purkinje cell

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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