There is a vocal section of the regular audience attending the neurology grand rounds at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, who proudly occupy what might be termed ‘Pedants’ Corner’. Of late, these consultants, for that is what they are, have become increasingly concerned by the widespread misuse of the word ‘fasciculations’ for what Charcot referred to as ‘fibrillar twitches of muscles’ in his original description of the disease he named sclerose laterale amyotrophique . Fasciculation (noun). a . The state of being fasciculate. b . That which is fasciculated. c . Physiology [from FASCICUL(US)] Uncoordinated twitching of a muscle, especially that involving the simultaneous contraction of whole bundles or fasciculi of muscle fibres.1 The word fasciculation …

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紧张不安

在泰恩河畔纽卡斯尔皇家维多利亚医院参加神经病学盛会的普通观众中有一个声音部分，他们自豪地占据了可能被称为“学究角”的地方。最近，这些顾问，因为他们就是这样，越来越担心“肌束颤动”这个词被广泛误用，Charcot 在他对这种疾病的最初描述中称之为“肌肉纤维性抽搐”，他将这种疾病命名为外侧硬化症肌萎缩症。束状（名词）。一种 。束手无策的状态。乙。被迷住的东西。C 。生理学 [来自 FASCICUL(US)] 肌肉的不协调抽搐，特别是涉及整个肌肉纤维束或束的同时收缩。1 束颤这个词……