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fibrillose

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fi⋅bril

  [fahy-bruhl, fib-ruhl]
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–noun
1. a small or fine fiber or filament.
2. Botany. any of the delicate hairs on the young roots of some plants.
3. Cell Biology. any threadlike structure or filament.
Origin:
1655–65; < NL fibrilla, equiv. to L fibr(a) fiber + -illa dim. suffix

Related forms:
fi⋅bril⋅lar, adjective
fi⋅bril⋅lose, adjective
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fi·bril   (fī'brəl, fĭb'rəl)   
n.  

  1. A small slender fiber or filament.

  2. Anatomy Any threadlike fiber or filament, such as a myofibril or neurofibril, that is a constituent of a cell or larger structure.


[New Latin fibrilla, diminutive of Latin fibra, fiber.]
fi'bril·lar (-lər), fi'bril·lar'y (-lěr'ē) adj., fi'bril·lose' (-lōs') adj.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: fi·bril
Pronunciation: 'fIb-r&l, 'fib-
Function: noun
: a small filament or fiber: as a : one of the fine threadsinto which a striated muscle fiber can be longitudinally split b : NEUROFIBRIL
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Medical Dictionary

fibril fi·bril (fī'brəl, fĭb'rəl) or fi·bril·la (fī-brĭl'ə)
n.
A minute fiber.

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Science Dictionary
fibril   (fī'brəl, fĭb'rəl)  Pronunciation Key 
Any of various threadlike fibers or filaments that are constituent parts of a cell or larger structure. Cellulose fibrils are the main component of cell walls in plants. Fibrils make up the contractile part of striated muscle fiber in the body.
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