muscle column
/ˈmʌsl ˌkɒləm/Histology. Now rare
noun
A bundle of myofibrils in the cytoplasm of a muscle cell.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Quain's Elements of Anatomy. From muscle + column, after German Muskelsäulchen.
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