FASCICLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fascicle mean? 

• FASCICLE (noun)
  The noun FASCICLE has 2 senses:

1. an installment of a printed work

2. a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)

  Familiarity information: FASCICLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FASCICLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An installment of a printed work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

fascicle; fascicule

Hypernyms ("fascicle" is a kind of...):

installment; instalment (a part of a published serial)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

fascicle; fasciculus; fiber bundle; fibre bundle

Hypernyms ("fascicle" is a kind of...):

nerve tissue; nervous tissue (tissue composed of neurons)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fascicle"):

fornix; trigonum cerebrale (an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies)

nerve; nervus (any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body)

Holonyms ("fascicle" is a part of...):

nervous system; systema nervosum (the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells)

 Context examples 

It is characterized by the presence of intersecting fascicles composed of spindle cells that often lack mitotic activity.

(Leiomyoma of the Central Nervous System, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding of relatively short duration QRS complexes that originate from the region of the posterior fascicle (or occasionally the anterior fascicle) of the left bundle branch.

(Fascicular Tachycardia by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

A very rare, usually benign neoplasm with perivascular epithelioid cell differentiation characterized by the presence of clear spindle cells arranged in fascicles and nests that usually affects young girls.

(Clear Cell Myomelanocytic Tumor of the Falciform Ligament/Ligamentum Teres, NCI Thesaurus)

A congenital mesoblastic nephroma characterized by the presence of interlacing fascicles of fibroblastic cells, low mitotic activity, and collagen formation.

(Classic Congenital Mesoblastic Nephroma, NCI Thesaurus)

A well-circumscribed benign smooth muscle neoplasm characterized by the presence of spindle cells with cigar-shaped nuclei, interlacing fascicles, and a whorled pattern.

(Leiomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of classic leiomyoma characterized by a dense cellular infiltrate composed of spindle or round cells with scant cytoplasm and a less obvious interlacing fascicle pattern.

(Cellular Leiomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)