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.
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