Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of muscle fiber English)
WordNet
n. an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body [syn: muscle cell, muscle fiber]
Usage examples of "muscle fibre".
She cut swiftly, without hesitation, opening the skin cleanly, following the direction of the muscle fibre beneath, dissecting down through layer after layer of muscle, separating the bluish membrane capsules that covered each of the muscles with the hilt of the scalpel, probing deeper and deeper with her fingers towards that elusive lump in the flesh.
True, they were recovering well, suspended hammock-like in the medi-suits, the suits' internal hydrotherapy units massaging their wasted muscle fibre back to health.
But if his blood and tissue cells aren't ageing then the energy that would normally be used up in the building of new cells, muscle fibre, bone and tissue will just accumulate.
His skin was raw and bleeding where it had been torn by the ropes, every layer of flesh and muscle fibre seemed to be pierced by red-hot needles, a slow fire burned inside his bones.
The thrill of the prospect sent a small shiver up his back which finally lost itself amid acres of straining muscle fibre.