FASCICULATION

fasciculation

(noun) muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

fasciculation (countable and uncountable, plural fasciculations)

(anatomy, muscles) (toxicology, venoms) 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.

A cluster of fascicules

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