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VOLUNTARY MUSCLE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does voluntary muscle mean?

• VOLUNTARY MUSCLE (noun)
The noun VOLUNTARY MUSCLE has 1 sense:

1. striated muscle that can be controlled voluntarily

Familiarity information: VOLUNTARY MUSCLE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• VOLUNTARY MUSCLE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Striated muscle that can be controlled voluntarily

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("voluntary muscle" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

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