FASCICULATION


Meaning of FASCICULATION in English

 ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈlāshən noun

( -s )

Etymology: probably fr (assumed) New Latin fasciculation-, fasciculatio, from Late Latin fasciculatus + Latin -ion-, -io -ion

1. zoology : the condition of being fascicled

2.

[ fascicul us + -ation (as in fibrillation )]

: muscular twitching involving contiguous groups of muscle fibers — compare fibrillation

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