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FIBER BUNDLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fiber bundle mean? 

FIBER BUNDLE (noun)
  The noun FIBER BUNDLE has 1 sense:

1. a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)play

  Familiarity information: FIBER BUNDLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FIBER BUNDLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

fascicle; fasciculus; fiber bundle; fibre bundle

Hypernyms ("fiber bundle" is a kind of...):

nerve tissue; nervous tissue (tissue composed of neurons)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fiber bundle"):

fornix; trigonum cerebrale (an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies)

nerve; nervus (any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body)

Holonyms ("fiber bundle" is a part of...):

nervous system; systema nervosum (the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells)


 Context examples 


A cell that belongs to the supporting tissue surrounding a nerve fiber bundle.

(Perineurial Cell, NCI Thesaurus)



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