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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SARCOLEMMA

Sar `co *lem "ma, n. Etym: [NL. , from Gr. (Anat. )

Defn: The very thin transparent and apparently homogenous sheath which incloses a striated muscular fiber; the myolemma.

New American Oxford Dictionary

sarcolemma

sar co lem ma |ˌsärkəˈlemə ˌsɑrkəˈlɛmə | ▶noun Physiology the fine transparent tubular sheath that envelops the fibers of skeletal muscles. DERIVATIVES sar co lem mal adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Greek sarx, sark- ‘flesh ’ + lemma ‘husk. ’

Oxford Dictionary

sarcolemma

sarcolemma |ˈsɑːkəʊˌlɛmə | ▶noun Physiology the fine transparent tubular sheath which envelops the fibres of skeletal muscles. DERIVATIVES sarcolemmal adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Greek sarx, sark- ‘flesh ’ + lemma ‘husk ’.