musculaturen.
/ˈmʌskjᵿlətʃə/, U.S. /ˈməskjələtʃər/ The muscles or muscular components of a body; the system or arrangement of muscles in a body or part of the body.
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musculature1875
1875 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 15 262 The ventral musculature.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 633 The jaw apparatus and the digestive tract have their special musculature.
1898 H. G. Wells War of Worlds ii. ii. 208 Bipeds, with flimsy siliceous skeletons and feeble musculature.
1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 Sept. 597 The great numbers of cells which are found wandering far and wide in the submucosa, the musculature, and the subserous tissue.
1956 Strength & Health Nov. 29/1 Of all methods of physical training capable of stimulating the development of musculature, weight lifting is by far the most effective.
1978 Q. Rev. Biol. 53 395/2 The skeletal systems of cursors should be so constructed as to incorporate the largest possible percentage of the total body musculature into propulsive effort.
1999 Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair: 1999 Handbk. 77 Both the back and breast plates are moulded with human musculature and the nipples, made from copper, are separately applied.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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