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muscle spindle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables
mus-cle- spin-dle
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stretch receptor within the body of a skeletal muscle that detects changes in the length of the muscle.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

muscle spindles (plural)

Questions

What does muscle spindle mean?
A stretch receptor within the body of a skeletal muscle that detects changes in the length of the muscle.

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