Definition of Fasciculation

1. Noun. Muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers.

Generic synonyms: Twitch, Twitching, Vellication

Definition of Fasciculation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Fasciculation

1. A small local contraction of muscles, visible through the skin, representing a spontaneous discharge of a number of fibres innervated by a single motor nerve filament. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fasciculation

fascicular
fascicularly
fascicular block
fascicular cambium
fascicular degeneration
fascicular graft
fascicular keratitis
fascicular ophthalmoplegia
fascicular sarcoma
fascicular ulcer
fasciculata cell
fasciculate
fasciculate
fasciculated
fasciculation (current term)
fasciculation (current term)
fasciculations
fascicule
fascicules
fasciculi
fasciculi
fasciculi longitudinales ligamenti cruciformis atlantis
fasciculi longitudinales pontis
fasciculi proprii
fasciculi rubroreticulares
fasciculi transversi
fasciculus
fasciculus
fasciculus anterior proprius
fasciculus atrioventricularis

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