fasciculus

fas·cic·u·lus

 (fə-sĭk′yə-ləs)

n. pl. fas·cic·u·li (-lī′)

A bundle of anatomical fibers, as of muscle or nerve. Also called fascicle.

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[Latin, fascicle; see fascicle.]

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fasciculus

(fəˈsɪkjʊləs)

n, pl -li (-ˌlaɪ)

(Anatomy) another name for fascicle², fascicule

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fas•ci•cle

(ˈfæs ɪ kəl)

n.

1. a section of a book or set of books being published in installments as separate pamphlets or volumes.

2. a close cluster, as of flowers.

3. a small bundle of nerve or muscle fibers.

[1490–1500; < Latin fasciculus, diminutive of fascis. See fasces, -cle¹]

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Noun

1.

fasciculus - a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) fiber bundle, fibre bundle, fascicle trigonum cerebrale, fornix - an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies nerve tissue, nervous tissue - tissue composed of neurons nervous system, systema nervosum - the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells nerve, nervus - any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body

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Translations

Faszikel