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musculo-

  1. a combining form representing muscle in compound words:

    musculoskeletal.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of musculo-1

< Latin mūscul ( us ) muscle + -o-

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Example Sentences

The following description refers to a mixed sensori-motor trunk, such as the median or radial (musculo-spiral) nerve.

Many of the most severe cases I saw were in the musculo-spiral nerve.

Pulsation qualifies not merely the nutrient life but the musculo-motor activity as well.

In the “musculo-epithelial” cells of Hydra, the elongated basal portion of the cell alone possesses this contractility.

The patient left for England a month later; the musculo-spiral paralysis was improving.

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