fibril
Americannoun
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a small or fine fiber or filament.
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Botany. any of the delicate hairs on the young roots of some plants.
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Cell Biology. any threadlike structure or filament.
noun
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a small fibre or part of a fibre
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biology a threadlike structure, such as a root hair or a thread of muscle tissue
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of fibril
1655–65; < New Latin fibrilla, equivalent to Latin fibr ( a ) fiber + -illa diminutive suffix
Example Sentences
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Each fibril had to be carefully designed -- larger fibrils had weaker adhesion, while the smaller fibrils were hard to fabricate and prone to collapse and degradation.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2024
Every additional fibril allows for more weight to be supported.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2024
Their highly sustainable new method is based on a protein fibril sponge, which the scientists derive from whey, a food industry byproduct.
From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024
However, an important consideration is the extent to which the structures of amyloid fibrils generated from segments of amyloid-forming proteins represent the fibril structures that are formed by their full-length parent proteins31.
From Nature • Nov. 8, 2016
Each of the minute fibrils of the muscles has a small conducting nerve connecting it with the brain or spinal marrow, and in this respect each muscular fibril is separate from every other.
From American Woman's Home by Beecher, Catharine Esther
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