muscle-bound

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mus·cle·bound also mus·cle-bound (m

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adj.

1. Having inelastic, overdeveloped muscles, usually as the result of excessive exercise.

a. Hindered by or as if by overdeveloped muscles.

b. Characterized by inflexibility; rigid.

muscle-bound

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) having overdeveloped and inelastic muscles

2. lacking flexibility

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Adj.

muscle-bound - having stiff muscles as the result of excessive exercise; "he arrived accompanied by two muscle-bound body guards"

inflexible - resistant to being bent; "an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible knife blade";

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