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sarcoplasm

The nonfibrillar cytoplasm of a muscle fiber. [sarco- + G. plasma, a thing formed]

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sar·co·plasm 'sär-kə-.plaz-əm n the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber compare MYOPLASM

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n.

the cytoplasm of muscle cells.

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sar·co·plasm (sahrґko-plaz″əm) [sarco- + -plasm] the interfibrillary matter of the striated muscles; the substance in which the fibrillae of the muscle fiber are embedded. sarcoplasmic adj

Medical dictionary. 2011.