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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr.

σάρξ

σάρκος

, flesh.]

(Anat.)

Fleshy; – applied to the minute structural elements, called sarcous elements, or sarcous disks, of which striated muscular fiber is composed.

sarcous ‎(comparative more sarcous, superlative most sarcous)

(anatomy) fleshy; applied to the minute structural elements that make up muscle fibre