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Myocyte

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In Gregarinida, the deeper layer of the ectoplasm containing a system of contractile fibrils: contrasted with sarcocyte.
  • noun. A muscle-cell; the formative cellular element of the contractile tissue of most sponges. They are of various shapes, usually slenderly fusiform with long filamentous ends.
  • noun. Also myelocyte.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a single muscle fiber cell
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    "Corsini, A, et al. Relationship between mevalonate pathway and arterial myocyte proliferation: in vitro studies with inhibitors of HMGF-CoA reductase."
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