noun
1. a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart)
• Syn: ↑involuntary muscle
• Hyponyms: ↑myometrium, ↑musculus sphincter ani internus
2. muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets
• Hypernyms: ↑muscle, ↑muscular tissue
• Part Meronyms: ↑smooth muscle cell
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the type of muscle found in the organs inside the body, that is not under conscious control
Useful english dictionary. 2012.