musculature

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noun

The collection of all muscles in a single body or in a single organ.

Similar
muscular structuremuscle system
OriginFrench musculature →
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Meanings

nounmusculature (countable and uncountable, plural musculatures)

plural musculatures

  1. countableuncountableThe collection of all muscles in a single body or in a single organ.
  2. countableuncountableThe structural configuration of muscle in a body or organ.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe muscular system of an organism

Similar
muscular structuremuscle system
Broader
system
Also see
muscularity

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchmusculature
  2. Frenchmusculature
  3. Englishmusculature

Borrowed from French musculature.

More words from French

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Translations

Bulgarian мускулату́ра
  • мускулату́ра (muskulatúra)collection of muscles
Catalan musculatura
  • musculaturacollection of muscles
Czech svalstvo
  • svalstvocollection of muscles
Dutch spierstelsel
  • spierstelselcollection of muscles
Finnish lihaksisto
  • lihaksistocollection of muscles
French musculature
  • musculaturecollection of muscles
German Muskulatur
  • Muskulaturcollection of muscles
Hungarian izomzat
  • izomzatcollection of muscles
Italian muscolatura
  • muscolaturacollection of muscles
Norwegian Bokmål muskulatur
  • muskulaturcollection of muscles
Polish muskulatura
  • muskulaturacollection of muscles
Portuguese musculatura, cabedal
  • musculaturacollection of muscles
  • cabedalcollection of muscles
Romanian musculatură
  • musculaturăcollection of muscles
Russian мускулату́ра
  • мускулату́ра (muskulatúra)collection of muscles
Spanish musculatura
  • musculaturacollection of muscles
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APA

musculature. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musculature

MLA

“musculature.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musculature. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “musculature,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musculature.

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