fascicle
Americannoun
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a section of a book or set of books being published in installments as separate pamphlets or volumes.
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a small bundle, tight cluster, or the like.
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Botany. a close cluster, as of flowers or leaves.
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Anatomy. a small bundle of nerve or muscle fibers.
noun
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a bundle or cluster of branches, leaves, etc
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Also called: fasciculus. anatomy a small bundle of fibres, esp nerve fibres
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printing another name for fascicule
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any small bundle or cluster
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Etymology
Origin of fascicle
First recorded in 1490–1500; from Latin fasciculus, diminutive of fascis; see fasces, -cle 1
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Atkins continued the work — amounting to roughly 400 images — for 10 years, issuing new installments in fascicle, or booklet form, roughly every six months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2018
Inside each fascicle, each muscle fiber is encased in a thin connective tissue layer of collagen and reticular fibers called the endomysium.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Describe the fascicle arrangement in the muscles of the abdominal wall.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
What follows are the most common fascicle arrangements.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
MY first gift and my last, to you I dedicate this fascicle of songs - The only wealth I have: Just as they are, to you.
From New Poems by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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