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musculature
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mus·cu·la·ture

noun \ˈməs-kyə-lə-ˌchu̇r, -chər, -ˌtyu̇r, -ˌtu̇r\

Definition of MUSCULATURE

: the muscles of all or a part of the animal body
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Examples of MUSCULATURE

  1. an athlete with well-developed musculature

Origin of MUSCULATURE

French, from Latin musculus
First Known Use: 1875

Rhymes with MUSCULATURE

candidature, caricature, discomfiture, distemperature, divestiture, entablature, entrepreneur, expenditure, imprimatur, investiture, literature, miniature, nomenclature, non sequitur

mus·cu·la·ture

noun \ˈməs-kyə-lə-ˌchu̇(ə)r, -chər, -ˌt(y)u̇(ə)r\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of MUSCULATURE

: the muscles of all or a part of the animal body

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