disdiaclast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the dark particles forming the doubly refracting disks (Z lines) of muscle fibres.

Word forms

disdiaclast disdiaclasts

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”) + διακλάω (diakláō, “break in two”) from κλάω (kláō). For the termination compare -clast.

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