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papillary muscle: Meaning and Definition of
pap'illary mus'cle
Pronunciation: [key]
— Anat. Anat.
- one of the small bundles of muscles attached to the ventricle walls and to the chordae tendineae that tighten these tendons during ventricular contraction.
