myofibrillan.
/ˌmʌɪə(ʊ)fɪˈbrɪlə/, /ˌmʌɪə(ʊ)fʌɪˈbrɪlə/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪoʊfəˈbrɪlə/ Anatomy and Zoology.
= myofibril n.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscle substance > [noun]
brawnc1325
mow1490
muscle1710
muscle cell1840
myosin1866
muscle-box1874
fibre-cell1878
myoblast1884
muscle-case1885
inogen1889
muscle casket1890
sarcomere1891
myofibril1898
myoplasm1907
myofibrilla1913
myotube1933
myofilament1949
myofibre1965
1883 Science 28 Dec. 832/1 [In Diphyids] the ectoderm is a simple muscle-epithelium with well-developed muscle-fibrillae.]
1913 W. A. N. Dorland Illustr. Med. Dict. (ed. 7) 605/1 Myofibril, myofibrilla, a muscle-fibril.
1921 Brain 44 13 The neurofibrillar structure..is found to be continuous with the myofibrillæ.
1977 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 10) I. 15 Muscle attachments penetrate the epidermis, the myofibrillae usually being associated with tonofibrillae that run through the epidermis.
1990 Jrnl. Zool. 222 537 The muscles of the buccal mass are unusual in that myofibrillae are totally absent peripherally as well as centrally in the neighbourhood of the nucleus.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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