muscular tissue
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1. animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | animal tissue, |
| definition | : | the tissue in the bodies of animals (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | cardiac muscle, heart muscle, |
| definition | : | the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | smooth muscle, |
| definition | : | muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets (noun.body) |
| domain member category | : | tone, tonicity, tonus, |
| definition | : | the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | muscular, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or consisting of muscle (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | muscular, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or consisting of muscle (adj.pert) |
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