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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Within a muscle.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Located or occurring within a muscle.

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  • adjective Inside a muscle or the muscles.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective within a muscle

Etymologies

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From Late Latin intramuscularis, from prefix intra-, within, + musculum, muscle, diminutive of muscus, mouse, + adjective suffix -alis

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