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sarco- (iou)



sarco- combining form.
[from Greek sark-, sarx flesh: see -O-.]
Used chiefly in Biology & Medicine, with the sense 'of flesh, fleshy tissue, or muscle'.
sarcocarp noun (Botany) the fleshy part of a drupaceous fruit between the epicarp and the endocarp, the part usually eaten E19.
sarcocele noun a fleshy tumour of the testicle E17-M19.
sarcocyst noun a cyst in muscle tissue containing spores or sporoblasts of sarcosporidia L19.
sarco'lactate noun a salt or ester of sarcolactic acid L19.
sarco'lactic adjective (Chemistry)
sarcolactic acid, the dextrorotatory form of lactic acid M19.
sarco'lemma noun the fine transparent tubular sheath investing the fibres of skeletal muscles M19.
sarco'lemmal adjective of or pertaining to the sarcolemma E20.
sarcology noun the branch of anatomy that deals with the fleshy parts of the body E18-L19.
sarcomere noun [-MERE] a structural unit of a myofibril in striated muscle, consisting of a dark band and the nearer half of each adjacent pale band L19.
sarcoplasm, sarcoplasma noun the cytoplasm of muscle cells L19.
sarco'plasmic adjective of, pertaining to, or containing sarcoplasm;
sarcoplasmic reticulum, the characteristic endoplasmic reticulum of striated muscle: L19.
sarcosome noun a large mitochondrion found in striated muscle L19.
sarco'testa noun (Botany) the fleshy, freq. brightly coloured, outer layer of the testa in some seeds (opp.
sclerotesta) L19.