myo-

a combining form meaning “muscle,” used in the formation of compound words:
myology.

myo-

combining_form

Origin of myo-¹

Combining form representing Greek mŷs mouse, muscle

Origin of myo-¹

from Greek mus muscle

It was necessary to appoint a man to carry on the duties of the Myo-k.

Contractile or myo-epithelial cells, with the cell prolonged at the base into a contractile muscle-fibre (fig. 6, B).

Tha-yet-myo, not the city of mangoes, as might be supposed, but the city of slaughter.

At Allan-myo there was a decent little house, close to the river-bank.

Such cells, made up of epithelial and muscular components, are known as epithelio-muscular or myo-epithelial cells.

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