Fascicle Definition

făsĭ-kəl
fascicles
noun
fascicles
A small bundle.
Webster's New World
Any of the sections of a book being brought out in installments prior to its publication in completed form.
Webster's New World
A small tuft or cluster of fibers, leaves, stems, roots, etc.
Webster's New World

(anatomy): A bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by connective tissue.

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Other Word Forms of Fascicle

Noun

Singular:
fascicle
Plural:
fascicles

Origin of Fascicle

  • From Latin fasciculus, a diminutive of fascis ‘bundle’ (see also fasces).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin fasciculus diminutive of fascis bundle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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