fascicular

[ fuh-sik-yuh-ler ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or forming a fascicle; fasciculate.

Other Words From

• inter·fas·cicu·lar adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fascicular¹

First recorded in 1650–60; fascicul(us) + -ar ¹

Example Sentences

Tendon, ten′don, n. the white fibrous tissue reaching from the end of a muscle to bone or some other structure which is to serve as a fixed attachment for it, or which it is intended to move—funicular, as the long tendon of the biceps muscle of the arm; fascicular, as the short tendon of that muscle, and as most tendons generally; aponeurotic, tendinous expansions, as the tendons of the abdominal muscles—L. Ten′do:—pl.

From Project Gutenberg

This membrane is of an excessively sensitive nature, and while it lines the inner face of the ligaments, both capsular and fascicular, it is attached only upon the edges of the bones, without extending upon their length, or between the layers of cartilage which lie between the bones and their articular surfaces.

From Project Gutenberg

According to Osler the tubercula dolorosa or true fascicular neuroma is not always made up of nerve-fibers, but, as shown by Hoggan, may be an adenomatous growth of the sweat-glands.

From Project Gutenberg