smooth muscle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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)
Types & categories
- muscle hypernym
- myometrium hyponym
- musculus sphincter ani internus hyponym
Sense 2 noun
muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets
Types & categories
- muscular tissue hypernym
Parts & wholes
- smooth muscle cell part meronym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | muscle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | myometrium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | musculus sphincter ani internus |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | smooth muscle cell |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | muscular tissue |