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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences, toxicology
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noun
A cluster of fascicles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The process of becoming fasciculate, of growing together in clusters of fascicles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: twitch, twitching, vellication
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