Dictionary

fasciculation en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
2. (countable, uncountable) A cluster of fascicles.
3. (countable, uncountable) The process of becoming fasciculate, of growing together in clusters of fascicles.

Forms

Deriveds

cramp fasciculation syndrome · cofasciculation · defasciculation

Translations (16)

fa فاسیکولاسیون (involuntary muscle twitch) · cmn 肌束震顫 /肌束震颤 (involuntary muscle twitch) · fr fasciculation (involuntary muscle twitch) · de Faszikulation (involuntary muscle twitch) · nb fasikkulasjon (involuntary muscle twitch) · ja 筋線維束性攣縮 (involuntary muscle twitch) · nb leamus (involuntary muscle twitch) · id fasikulasi (involuntary muscle twitch) · sv fascikulation (involuntary muscle twitch) · nl fasciculatie (involuntary muscle twitch) · fa پرش عضلانی (involuntary muscle twitch) · nb lemus (involuntary muscle twitch) · pt fasciculação (involuntary muscle twitch) · it fascicolazione (involuntary muscle twitch) · ru фасцикуляция (involuntary muscle twitch) · es fasciculación (involuntary muscle twitch)