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sarcomere definition

sar·co·mere (sär′kō mir′)

noun

any of the segments making up the fibrils of striated muscles

Etymology: sarco- + -mere

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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