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noun
A small bundle of nerve, muscle or tendon fibers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
One of the divisions of a book published in separate parts; a fascicle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fiber bundle, fibre bundle, fascicle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nervous tissue, nerve tissue
Narrower terms: fornix, trigonum cerebrale, nerve, nervus
History
Unadapted borrowing from Latin fasciculus. Doublet of fascicle.
