fasciculation
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fasciculation — ● fasciculation nom féminin Disposition en fascicules, en faisceaux. Contraction localisée de faisceaux musculaires … Encyclopédie Universelle
Fasciculation — See also: Twitch (disambiguation) and Tremor Fasciculation ICD 10 R25.3 ICD 9 781.0 DiseasesDB … Wikipedia
Fasciculation — Sommaire 1 Neurologie 2 Physiologie 3 Physiopathologie 4 Liens externes Neurologie La fasciculation est la tendance qu’ont les … Wikipédia en Français
fasciculation — Tendency of developing neurites to grow along exisiting neurites and hence form bundles or fascicles. Selective fasciculation in developing vertebrate nervous systems is thought to involve the axon associated cell adhesion molecules L1, F11,… … Dictionary of molecular biology
fasciculation — 1. An arrangement in the form of fasciculi. 2. Involuntary contractions, or twitchings, of groups (fasciculi) of muscle fibers, a coarser form of muscular contraction than fibrillation. * * * fas·cic·u·la·tion fə .sik yə lā shən, fa … Medical dictionary
fasciculation — (fa ssi ku la sion) s. f. Terme d anatomie. Disposition en fascicules ou faisceaux. Fasciculation des muscles du larynx … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
fasciculation — n. brief spontaneous contraction of a few muscle fibres, which is seen as a flicker of movement under the skin. It is most often associated with disease of the lower motor neurones (e.g. motor neurone disease). Fasciculation may be seen in the… … The new mediacal dictionary
fasciculation potential — an electrical potential that occurs with a fasciculation, similar in appearance to a motor unit action potential but occurring spontaneously. These may appear singly or in groups; complex or iterative ones occur in motor unit disorders … Medical dictionary
fasciculation — noun Date: 1938 muscular twitching involving the simultaneous contraction of contiguous groups of muscle fibers … New Collegiate Dictionary
fasciculation — /feuh sik yeuh lay sheuhn/, n. a fascicular condition. [1935 40; FASCICULATE + ION] * * * … Universalium
