muscle

/ˈmʌs.əl/ · [ˈmʌs.l̩]

Etymology From Middle English muscle, muscule, muskylle, and in part from Middle French muscle, from Latin mūsculus (“a muscle”, literally “little mouse”) because of the mouselike appearance of some muscles, from mūs (“mouse”). Doublet of mussel. More at mouse.

Derived terms

65 terms

beer muscles, delayed onset muscle soreness, delayed-onset muscle soreness, gym muscles, hired muscle, hypermuscle, intermuscle, love muscle, make a muscle, mind-muscle connection, muscle ass, Muscle Beach, musclebike, muscleblind, musclebound, muscle-bound, muscle boy, musclebrain, muscle car, muscle confusion, Muscle Creek, muscled, muscledom, muscled up, muscle dysmorphia, muscle-eye-brain disease, muscle fiber, muscle fibre, muscleful, muscle girl, musclegirl, muscle god, muscle head, musclehead, muscleless, musclelike, muscleman, muscle man, muscle Mary, muscle memory, muscle mommy, muscle morph, muscle plum, muscle-prism, muscle-queen, muscle queen, muscle reading, muscle relaxant, muscle segment, muscle shirt, musclesome, muscle spindle, muscle tone, muscle woman, musclewoman, musclewood, muscle worship, muscley, muscly, muscular, muscularity, musculature, nonmuscle, on the muscle, white muscle disease

Related terms

myology, myotomy

Hypernyms

musculature

Hyponyms

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abdominal muscle, abdominoscrotal muscle, abducens muscle, anterior auricular muscle, anterior scalene muscle, arytenoid muscle, auricular muscle, caninus muscle, cardiac muscle, ciliary muscle, cricoarytenoid muscle, cricothyroid muscle, deltoideus muscle, deltoid muscle, digastric muscle, external oblique muscle, extraocular muscle, geniohyoid muscle, heart muscle, inferior oblique muscle, internal oblique muscle, involuntary muscle, iris dilator muscle, jaw muscle, lateral cricoarytenoid muscle, lateral pterygoid muscle, masseter muscle, medial pterygoid muscle, middle scalene muscle, Molson muscle, Müller's muscle, muscle of mastication, mylohyoid muscle, oblique muscle, omohyoid muscle, papillary muscle, pectoral muscle, posterior auricular muscle, posterior cricoarytenoid muscle, posterior scalene muscle, pterygoid muscle, rectus abdominis muscle, rectus muscle, scalene muscle, shaving muscle, skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, sternocleidomastoid muscle, sternohyoid muscle, sternothyroid muscle, striated muscle, striped muscle, stylohyoid muscle, superior auricular muscle, superior oblique muscle, superior tarsal muscle, tailor's muscle, temporal muscle, temporoparietalis muscle, thyroarytenoid muscle, thyrohyoid muscle, triangularis muscle, voluntary muscle, Types of muscles: see also Category:en:Muscles