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fasciculation

English

Noun

fasciculation (countable and uncountable, plural fasciculations)

  1. (anatomy, muscles) (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.
  2. A cluster of fascicules

Derived terms

  • cofasciculation

Translations

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fasciculin

English

Noun

fasciculin (plural fasciculins)

  1. (biochemistry) Any of a family of toxins, from the venom of the green mamba Dendroaspis angusticeps, that cause severe fasciculations.

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