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fas⋅ci⋅cle

  [fas-i-kuhl]
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–noun
1. a section of a book or set of books being published in installments as separate pamphlets or volumes.
2. a small bundle, tight cluster, or the like.
3. Botany. a close cluster, as of flowers or leaves.
4. Anatomy. a small bundle of nerve or muscle fibers.
Origin:
1490–1500; < L fasciculus, dim. of fascis. See fasces, -cle 1
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fas·ci·cle   (fās'ĭ-kəl)   
n.  
  1. A small bundle.
  2. One of the parts of a book published in separate sections. Also called fascicule.
  3. Botany A bundle or cluster of stems, flowers, or leaves.
  4. See fasciculus.

[Latin fasciculus, diminutive of fascis, bundle.]
fas'ci·cled adj.
fas·cic·u·lus   (fə-sĭk'yə-ləs)   
n.   pl. fas·cic·u·li (-lī')
A bundle of anatomical fibers, as of muscle or nerve. Also called fascicle.

[Latin, fascicle; see fascicle.]
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Fascicle

Fas"ci*cle\, n. [L. fasciculus, dim. of fascis. See Fasces.] A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots.

Fascicle

Fas"ci*cle\, n. One of the divisions of a book published in parts; fasciculus.
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Main Entry: fas·ci·cle
Pronunciation: 'fas-i-k&l
Function: noun
: a small bundle; especially : FASCICULUS —fas·ci·cled /-k&ld/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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fascicle fas·ci·cle (fās'ĭ-kəl)
n.
See fasciculus.

adj.

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fascicle   (fās'ĭ-kəl)  Pronunciation Key 
A bundle or cluster of stems, flowers, or leaves, such as the bundles in which pine needles grow.
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