fasciculus
fasciculus · fasciculi
A small bundle of nerve, muscle or tendon fibersA small bundle of nerve, muscle or tendon fibers.
/fəˈsɪkjʊləs/
Meaning
2 sensesA small bundle of nerve, muscle or tendon fibers.
a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)
One of the divisions of a book published in separate parts; a fascicle.
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from Latin fasciculus. Doublet of fascicle.Unadapted borrowing from Latin fasciculus. Doublet of fascicle.
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Forms
plural: fasciculi| Singular | fasciculus |
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irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers):fiber bundlefibre bundlefascicle
Word family
3 related wordsRelatedfascicle
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.