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‖ fimbria|ˈfɪmbrɪə|
[L. fimbria thread, fibre, fringe.]
A fringe: spec. a. Anat. the fringed end of the Fallopian tube; b. Bot. (see quot. 1847).
1752Sir J. Hill Hist. Anim. 304 There runs all round the sides of the fish a kind of fimbria. 1754–64Smellie Midwif. I. ii. §2. 97 The cavity of each [of the Fallopian tubes] ends in an open mouth..from the brim of which is expanded the Fimbria. 1847Craig, Fimbria, in Botany, the dentated or fringe-like ring of the operculum of mosses, by the elastic power of which the operculum is displaced. 1872T. G. Thomas Dis. Women 625 The Fallopian tube of each side is connected with the ovary by one fimbria. |