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MUSCULAR TISSUE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does muscular tissue mean?

• MUSCULAR TISSUE (noun)
The noun MUSCULAR TISSUE has 1 sense:

1. animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells

Familiarity information: MUSCULAR TISSUE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MUSCULAR TISSUE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

muscular tissue; muscle

Hypernyms ("muscular tissue" is a kind of...):

animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals)

Domain member category:

tone; tonicity; tonus (the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "muscular tissue"):

striated muscle tissue (muscle tissue characterized by transverse stripes)

cardiac muscle; heart muscle (the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction)

smooth muscle (muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets)

Holonyms ("muscular tissue" is a part of...):

muscle system; muscular structure; musculature (the muscular system of an organism)

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