Definition of fasciculation in English:
fasciculation
noun faˌsɪkjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)nfəˌsɪkjəˈleɪʃən
1Medicine
A brief spontaneous contraction affecting a small number of muscle fibres, often causing a flicker of movement under the skin.
Example sentencesExamples
- The affected muscles show fasciculations that are rippling contractions seen through the skin or in the tongue.
- The muscle is contracted and hard, and an observer can see fasciculation - small twitchings - over its surface.
- Clinically, there was no muscle atrophy, pain, or fasciculation; a muscle biopsy showed only mild myofiber atrophy.
- Local sweating and fasciculation of local muscle groups may occur initially after skin absorption of liquid or vapour.
- Shortly into my neurophysiological assessment, normally recruiting muscles confirmed a diagnosis of benign fasciculations.
2Biology
mass noun Arrangement in bundles.
Example sentencesExamples
- This phenotype may be the result of defective interaxon communication that obstructs axon extension or fasciculation in the longitudinal pathways.
- It is important to note that the aberrant projections do not seem to result from fasciculation defects or growth impairments.
Definition of fasciculation in US English:
fasciculation
nounfəˌsɪkjəˈleɪʃənfəˌsikyəˈlāSHən
1Medicine
A brief, spontaneous contraction affecting a small number of muscle fibers, often causing a flicker of movement under the skin. It can be a symptom of disease of the motor neurons.
Example sentencesExamples
- The muscle is contracted and hard, and an observer can see fasciculation - small twitchings - over its surface.
- The affected muscles show fasciculations that are rippling contractions seen through the skin or in the tongue.
- Shortly into my neurophysiological assessment, normally recruiting muscles confirmed a diagnosis of benign fasciculations.
- Local sweating and fasciculation of local muscle groups may occur initially after skin absorption of liquid or vapour.
- Clinically, there was no muscle atrophy, pain, or fasciculation; a muscle biopsy showed only mild myofiber atrophy.
2Biology
Arrangement in bundles.
Example sentencesExamples
- This phenotype may be the result of defective interaxon communication that obstructs axon extension or fasciculation in the longitudinal pathways.
- It is important to note that the aberrant projections do not seem to result from fasciculation defects or growth impairments.