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actomyosin

Definition of actomyosin

noun

[mass noun] Biochemistry
  • a complex of actin and myosin of which the contractile protein filaments of muscle tissue are composed.

Origin:

1940s: from actin + myosin

actomyosin in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of actomyosin in the US English dictionary