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fimbria

American  
[fim-bree-uh] / ˈfɪm bri ə /

noun

fimbriae plural
  1. Botany, Zoology. Often fimbriae. a fringe or fringed border.


fimbria British  
/ ˈfɪmbrɪə /

noun

  1. anatomy a fringe or fringelike margin or border, esp at the opening of the Fallopian tubes

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of fimbria

1745–55; < New Latin; Latin fimbriae (plural) border, fringe

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He tried the same experiment, in the open air, with a swallow and T. fimbria; but the large size of this moth probably interfered with its capture.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles

If its lips are separated the fascia dentata or gyrus dentatus and the fimbria continued from the posterior pillar of the fornix are seen.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

The lateral ends of the oviducts flare out into a trumpet-like structure and have a fringe of finger- like projections called fimbriae, illustrated in Figure 34.12b.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

The Fallopian tubes curve back in toward the uterus, and end in fingerlike appendages called fimbriae.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2015

The ovaries are located between the fimbriae and the uterus.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2015

The wide distal infundibulum flares out with slender, finger-like projections called fimbriae.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

When the inflammation is adjacent to the ostium it leads to the matting together of the tubal fimbriae and glues them to an adjacent organ.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

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