Definition of Fasciculations

1. Noun. (plural of fasciculation) ¹

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Definition of Fasciculations

1. fasciculation [n] - See also: fasciculation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fasciculations

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

Literary usage of Fasciculations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"During the second hour fasciculations started in the masseters and hindleg muscles. After two hours, generalized fasciculations were present together with ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1844)
"The specimens from that deposit which I have seen are more conical and have fewer fasciculations in the ribs. In the red crag it also occurs, ..."

3. Review of the Department of Defense Research Program on Low-Level Exposures by Best, Committee on Toxicology, NetLibrary, Inc, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences (2005)
"... dermal VX exposure occurred before significant reduction in cholinesterase activity and onset of miosis and muscle fasciculations in domestic pigs. ..."

4. U. S. Dual-Use Exports to Iraq and Their Impact on the Health of the Persian by DIANE Publishing Company (1997)
"Frequent, involuntary micturition Easy fatigue, mild weakness, muscular twitching, fasciculations. cramps, generalized weakness, including muscles of ..."

5. Status of the Department of Veterans Affairs to Identify Gulf War Syndrome edited by Christopher Shays (1998)
"Role of muscle fasciculations in the generation of myopathies in mammalian skeletal muscle. 27. Adler et al. J Appi Toxicol 12, 25-33, 1992. ..."

6. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1896)
"A little dissection is necessary to expose the radiating fasciculations of the ligament, and it can then be readily appreciated that these fatty masses are ..."

7. Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances, Rtecs: A Comprehensive Guide edited by Doris V. Sweet (1993)
"... change 07 Flaccid paralysis with appropriate anesthesia 08 Flaccid paralysis without anesthesia (usually neuromuscular blockage) 09 fasciculations 10 ..."

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