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extramyocellular

extramyocellular adjective: from outside of a muscle cell.

Adjective

extramyocellular (not comparable)

  1. From outside of a muscle cell
    • The non-invasive and non-ionizing proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) has a high accuracy in detecting and quantifying hepatic steatosis [10 ,11 ], and due to advances in muscle lipid imaging, MRS has facilitated the differentiation of lipid deposits of skeletal muscle in intramyocellular...2015 August 8, “1 H-MRS Measured Ectopic Fat in Liver and Muscle in Danish Lean and Obese Children and Adolescents”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of extramyocellular

From extra- + myocellular.

Questions about extramyocellular

What does extramyocellular mean?
Extramyocellular means from outside of a muscle cell.
What part of speech is extramyocellular?
Extramyocellular is an adjective.

Words near extramyocellular in the dictionary

  1. extramuscular
  2. extramusculoskeletal
  3. extramusical
  4. extramustine
  5. extramyocardial
  6. extramyocellular
  7. extramyocyte
  8. extramyocytic
  9. extramyofibrillar
  10. extranasal
  11. extranasopharyngeal

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