polymyarian

adjective

poly·​my·​ar·​i·​an

variants or less commonly polymyarial

-ēəl

: having many cells in each quadrant of a cross-section

—used of the arrangement of muscle cells in a nematode worm

Word History

Etymology

poly- + -myaria + -an or -al

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