MEANING
A visible brief twitch caused by spontaneous contraction of a small group of muscle fibers.
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- muscle fasciculation
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A fasciculation flickered beneath his skin.
The doctor noted a small fasciculation in the calf.
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Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular fasciculation; plural fasciculations. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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