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English noun: smooth muscle | |||
| 1. | smooth muscle (body) a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart) | ||
| Synonyms | involuntary muscle | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | muscle, musculus | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | musculus sphincter ani internus, myometrium | ||
| 2. | smooth muscle (body) muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | muscle, muscular tissue | ||
| Part holonym | smooth muscle cell | ||
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