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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Muscle tissue that contracts without conscious control, having the form of thin layers or sheets made up of spindle-shaped, unstriated cells with single nuclei and found in the walls of the internal organs, such as the stomach, intestine, bladder, and blood vessels, excluding the heart.

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  • noun anatomy Involuntary muscle which is found within the intestines, throat, uterus, and blood vessel walls.

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  • noun muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets
  • noun a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart)

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