Fasciculation Definition

fə-sĭkyə-lāshən
noun
A form of involuntary muscular contraction that is more intense than fibrillation, consisting of simultaneous twitching of adjacent groups of muscle fibers.
American Heritage Medicine
An arrangement of fasciculi.
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Fasciculation

Noun

Singular:
fasciculation
Plural:
fasciculations

Fasciculation Sentence Examples

  • These include stiffness at rest, slow muscle relaxation, and spontaneous contractions of a muscle at rest (fasciculation).

  • Fasciculation is a type of painless muscle spasm, marked by rapid, uncoordinated contraction of many small muscle fibers.

  • Fasciculation may be due to fatigue, cold, medications, metabolic disorders, nerve damage, or neurodegenerative disease, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease).

  • Most people experience brief, mild fasciculation from time to time, usually in the calves.

  • Fasciculation may occur at rest or after muscle contraction and may last several minutes.

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