fasciculation
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Noun
fasciculation (countable and uncountable, plural fasciculations)
- (anatomy, muscles) (toxicology, venoms) An involuntary muscle twitch, usually localised and temporary, but that may be intensified and prolonged fatally by particular poisons and venoms such as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.
- A cluster of fascicles.
- The process of becoming fasciculate, of growing together in clusters of fascicles.
Derived terms
Translations
involuntary muscle twitch
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