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fi·bril
(fī′brəl, fĭb′rəl)n.
1. A small slender fiber or filament.
2. Anatomy A threadlike fiber or filament, such as a myofibril or neurofibril, that is a constituent of a cell or larger structure.
3. A long strand of proteins that are aggregated together in a beta-sheet structure; an amyloid fibril.
[New Latin fibrilla, diminutive of Latin fibra, fiber.]
fi′bril·lar (-lər), fi′bril·lar′y (-lĕr′ē) adj.
fi′bril·lose′ (-lōs′) adj.
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fibril
(ˈfaɪbrɪl) orfibrilla
n, pl -brils or -brillae (-ˈbrɪliː)
1. a small fibre or part of a fibre
2. (Biology) biology a threadlike structure, such as a root hair or a thread of muscle tissue
[C17: from New Latin fibrilla a little fibre]
ˈfibrilar, fiˈbrillar, fiˈbrillose adj
fiˈbrilliˌform adj
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fi•bril
(ˈfaɪ brəl, ˈfɪb rəl)n.
1. a small or fine fiber or threadlike structure.
2. root hair.
[1655–65; < New Latin <fibrilla < Latin fibra fiber]
fi′bril•lar, adj.
fi′bril•lose`, adj.
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Noun | 1. | fibril - a very slender natural or synthetic fiber barb - one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather chromatid - one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle - one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber rhizoid - any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc hypha - any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus paraphysis - a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed |
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fi·bril
n. filamento, fibrilla, fibra pequeña.
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