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‖ fasciculus|fəˈsɪkjʊləs|
Pl. fasciculi.
[L. fasciculus, dim. of fascis: see fasces.]
1. = fascicle 1; chiefly in scientific use.
1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1843) I. 344 These pale-blue fasciculi Mr. Blackwell found to proceed from two additional spinners. 1823Scoresby Jrnl. 77 Every spine consisted of a fasciculus of needles. 1836–7Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. xxxiv. (1859) II. 286 Our cognitions comprehend different fasciculi of notions. 1865Daily Tel. 28 Oct. 4/6 To see Lord Palmerston..fumble with a fasciculus of papers. 1874tr. Lommel's Light 20 A small conical fasciculus [of rays of light] traverses the aperture.
b. Bot. = fascicle 1 b.
1857Henfrey Bot. §135 The fasciculus is a cymose collection of nearly sessile flowers. 1889Wagstaffe Mayne's Med. Voc., Fasciculus, a handful, as of flowers, leaves, roots.
c. Anat. ‘A bundle of fibres, chiefly applied to nerve structures’ (Wagstaffe).
1713Cheselden Anat. Introd. (1726) 3 Nerves are Fasciculi of cylindrical fibres. 1797M. Baillie Morb. Anat. (1807) 21 The fasciculi of the muscular fibres. 1881Mivart Cat 125 Each fasciculus being furnished by a membranous envelope.
2. = fascicle 2.
1844Lingard Anglo-Sax. Ch. (1858) I. vii. 281 He collected entire psalms..in eight separate fasciculi. 1872Ellacombe Ch. Bells Devon vii. 161 An elegant folio fasciculus descriptive of the bell and shrine. 1880Athenæum 29 May 699 We have received the first fasciculus of a new monthly periodical in Hebrew. |