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FASCICULUS (fasciculi)

Dictionary entry overview: What does fasciculus mean?

• FASCICULUS (noun)
The noun FASCICULUS has 1 sense:

1. a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)

Familiarity information: FASCICULUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FASCICULUS (noun)

Sense 1

fasciculus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

fasciculus; fiber bundle; fibre bundle; fascicle

Hypernyms ("fasciculus" is a kind of...):

nerve tissue; nervous tissue (tissue composed of neurons)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fasciculus"):

fornix; trigonum cerebrale (an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies)

nerve; nervus (any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body)

Holonyms ("fasciculus" is a part of...):

nervous system; systema nervosum (the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells)

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