fasciculate

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(fə sikyə lit, -lāt′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
fas•cic•u•late  (fə sikyə lit, -lāt′),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Anatomy, Botanyarranged in a fascicle or fascicles.
Also, fas•cicu•lat′ed. 
  • fascicul(us) + -ate1 1785–95

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
fas•ci•cle  (fasi kəl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a section of a book or set of books being published in installments as separate pamphlets or volumes.
  2. a small bundle, tight cluster, or the like.
  3. Botanya close cluster, as of flowers or leaves.
  4. Anatomya small bundle of nerve or muscle fibers.
  • Latin fasciculus, diminutive of fascis. See fasces, -cle1
  • 1490–1500

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
fascicle /ˈfæsɪkəl/ n
  1. a bundle or cluster of branches, leaves, etc
  2. Also called: fasciculus a small bundle of fibres, esp nerve fibres
  3. another name for fascicule
  4. any small bundle or cluster
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin fasciculus a small bundle, from fascis a bundleˈfascicled adj fascicular /fəˈsɪkjʊlə/, fasciculate /fəˈsɪkjʊˌleɪt; -lɪt/ adj fasˌcicuˈlation n
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