noun
one of the contractile organs of the body
• Syn: ↑muscle
• Hypernyms: ↑contractile organ, ↑contractor
• Hyponyms:
↑skeletal muscle, ↑striated muscle, ↑pronator, ↑supinator, ↑levator, ↑antagonistic muscle, ↑ocular muscle, ↑eye muscle, ↑rectus, ↑smooth muscle, ↑involuntary muscle, ↑sphincter, ↑anatomical sphincter, ↑sphincter muscle, ↑tensor
• Part Meronyms: ↑muscle cell, ↑muscle fiber, ↑muscle fibre
Useful english dictionary. 2012.