noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   (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. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers wordnet
3. 3
   A cluster of fascicles. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   The process of becoming fasciculate, of growing together in clusters of fascicles. countable, uncountable