1 (also fascicule) a separately published instalment of a book, usu. not complete in itself.
2 a bunch or bundle.
3 (also fasciculus) Anat. a bundle of fibres.
Derivatives:
fascicled adj. fascicular adj. fasciculate adj. fasciculation n.
Etymology: L fasciculus bundle, dimin. of fascis: see FASCES
Useful english dictionary. 2012.