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Noun: fascicle  fa-si-kul
  1. An instalment of a printed work
    "The encyclopaedia was published in monthly fascicles";
    - fascicule
     
  2. A bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)
    "The corticospinal tract is an important fascicle in the spinal cord";
    - fiber bundle [US], fibre bundle [Brit, Cdn], fasciculus

Derived forms: fascicles

Type of: installment [N. Amer], instalment, nerve tissue, nervous tissue

Part of: nervous system, systema nervosum

Encyclopedia: Fascicle