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muscle

[muhs-uhl] / ˈmʌs əl /
NOUN
large fibers of animal body
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Muscle quality for patients with obesity isn’t primarily affected by nerve or muscle-wasting processes and there is generally more myostatin—a protein that regulates muscle growth—for an anti-myostatin antibody like emugrobart to target, it added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Muscle weakness is one of the earliest warning signs of osteoarthritis, and resistance training can help reverse it.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

The smash-up of the fantastical and the familiar is disorienting and gets even stranger when the reckless kids start to whoop like they’re on Muscle Beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

Muscle fibers guide physical force, intestinal fibers support the motion of the digestive tract, and brain fibers carry electrical signals that allow different regions to exchange information.

From Science Daily • Dec. 9, 2025

That was when a huge weapons plant in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, switched over to making chemical fertilizer.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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