n, pl  -li   :  a slender bundle of fibers  a  :  a bundle of skeletal muscle cells bound together by fasciae and forming one of the constituent elements of a muscle  b  :  a bundle of nerve fibers that follow the same course but do not necessarily have like functional connections (as in some subdivisions of the funiculi of the spinal cord) - compare TRACT2    c  :  TRACT 2 .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  vasculosa 
 
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