fibrillan.
/fʌɪˈbrɪlə/ = fibril n.
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1666 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 317 A Nerve, or a Fibrilla related to it is touch'd.
1751 T. Stack tr. R. Mead Med. Precepts xi. 208 Rays of light falling on the small arteries, instead of the nervous fibrillæ.
1757 Bp. R. Watson Chem. Ess. V. 120 Fibrillæ of feathers.
1854 J. Hogg Microscope i. iii. 112 The most delicate of the elementary tissues of animals, such as..the ultimate fibrillæ of muscles.
1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) ix. 222 If the fibrillæ of the optic nerve are capable of being affected by light.
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