unstriped

[ uhn-strahypt, -strahy-pid ]

/ ʌnˈstraɪpt, -ˈstraɪ pɪd /

not striped; nonstriated, as muscular tissue.

Origin of unstriped

First recorded in 1835–45; un-¹ + striped

The unstriped muscular fibre, more properly the fusiform-cell fibre, which carries on the involuntary internal movements.

Medical Essays |Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The muscles of the limbs are made up of striped muscle-cells; those of the stomach, etc., of unstriped cells.

Voice Production in Singing and Speaking |Wesley Mills
(h) The muscles in all parts of the body consist of striped muscular fibre, never of unstriped muscular tissue.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 |Various
Hence their name of non-striated, or unstriped, and smooth muscles.

A Practical Physiology |Albert F. Blaisdell

The walls of the womb consist of a thick layer of unstriped muscle.

The Sexual Question |August Forel

unstriped

/ (ʌnˈstraɪpt) /

(esp of smooth muscle) not having stripes; unstriated