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musculo-

  1. a combining form representing muscle in compound words.

    musculoskeletal.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of musculo-1

< Latin ūܱ ( us ) muscle + -o-
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Example Sentences

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Key track: Echoes of Kate Bush bubble up amid the synthy undercurrent of “Cada Músculo,” but Fratti’s stark lyricism steals the show: “Every muscle has a voice,” she repeats in Spanish.

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“Si fallas en el agarre de la mano, toda la presión del agua pasa por tu tríceps”, dice el buzo británico Noah Williams, explicando cómo una vez se desgarró ese músculo.

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Si hay lo que Jones llama un “eslabón débil” -un músculo que no es tan fuerte como los demás- la lesión se abrirá paso allí.

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Se sometió a un examen de resonancia magnética el lunes en Denver antes de que el equipo viajara a Minnesota para el partido del martes, las imágenes mostraron una distensión de su músculo de la pantorrilla.

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Lleva en su interior la forma de la curva de una ceja, el músculo grueso del corazón, el poder electroquímico de una neurona.

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When To Use

does ܱܲ-mean?

Musculo- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “muscle.” It is occasionally used in medical terms, especially in anatomy.Musculo- comes from Latin ūܱus, meaning “muscle.” However, the literal meaning of ūܱus is “little mouse”; the term is a diminutive of ū “mouse,” which is also the source of murine, which refers to a subfamily of rodents. To learn more, read our entry for murine. are variants of musculo-?When combined with words or word elements that begin with a vowel, musculo- becomes muscul-, as in muscular.

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