fasciculus

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   anatomy: a small bundle of nerve, muscle, tendon, or other parallel fibers

   The surgeon identified the nerve fasciculus before separating the surrounding tissue.

2. 2
   noun

   bibliography: one separately issued part or section of a larger work

   The final fasciculus completed the reference volume after several years of publication.

Borrowed directly from Latin fasciculus, 'small bundle,' the diminutive of fascis, 'bundle.' Fascicle is its adapted English doublet; anatomy retains the Latin form for compact bundles of parallel fibers.

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