1. Noun
An albuminous body present in dead muscle, being formed in the process of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis; the clot formed in the coagulation of muscle plasma. See Muscle plasma, under Plasma.
2. Noun
the commonest protein in muscle; a globulin that combines with actin to form actomyosin
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