fasciculation

English

Noun

fasciculation (countable and uncountable, plural fasciculations)

1. (anatomy, muscles) (toxicology, venoms) An involuntary muscle twitch, usually localised and temporary, but that may be intensified and prolonged fatally by particular poisons and venoms such as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.
2. A cluster of fascicles.
3. The process of becoming fasciculate, of growing together in clusters of fascicles.

Derived terms

• cofasciculation

Translations

involuntary muscle twitch

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肌束震顫／肌束震颤 (jīshù zhènchàn)

• Dutch: fasciculatie (nl) f
• French: fasciculation (fr) f
• German: Faszikulation f
• Indonesian: fasikulasi
• Italian: fascicolazione f
• Japanese: 筋線維束性攣縮 (きんせんいそくせいれんしゅく,kinsei sokusei reishuku)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lemus (no) m, leamus (no) m, fasikkulasjon m

• Persian: پرش عضلانی, فاسیکولاسیون
• Portuguese: fasciculação (pt) f
• Russian: фасцикуляция f (fascikuljacija)
• Spanish: fasciculación f
• Swedish: fascikulation c