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skitter(1) (iou)



skitter verb1 & noun1. ME.
[Frequentative of SKITE verb1.]
A. verb intrans. Have diarrhoea. Scot. & dial. ME.
b. noun. Thin excrement (Scot.); the skitters, diarrhoea (Scot., dial., & slang). E16.

Striated muscle (medicine)


striated muscle
<physiology> Muscle in which the repeating units (sarcomeres) of the contractile myofibrils are arranged in registry throughout the cell, resulting in transverse or oblique striations observable at the level of the light microscope, for example the voluntary (skeletal) and cardiac muscle of vertebrates.