fibrillaryadj.
/ˈfʌɪbrɪləri/ 1. = fibrillar adj.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > villosity or ciliation > [adjective] > of or having fibre or filament
fibrated1681
fibred1776
fibrillary1788
filamentar18..
filose1823
fibrillose1836
filamentary1841
filiferous1846
fibrillar1849
fibrilliform1849
filamented1889
1788 N. Tucker tr. E. Swedenborg Wisdom of Angels §365 The..fibrillary Substance begins and proceeds thence every where.
2. Exhibiting fibrillation (sense 1b).
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [adjective] > muscular movement
extensive1646
abducent1649
peristaltic1652
metaleptic1656
spastic1822
spasmodic1836
ideomotor1854
idiomuscular1860
fibrillary1875
motor1878
myotatic1881
antergic1890
isometric1891
isotonic1891
neurogenic1901
synkinetic1901
ballistic1905
motoric1926
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [adjective] > spasm or cramp > shaking or trembling
shaking1528
fibrillary1875
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 312 When the poison is applied..fibrillary contractions..are induced in the muscles.
1911 Jrnl. Physiol. 42 Suppl. p. vii The heart passed into a state of fibrillary contraction.
1968 A. A. Luisada & G. S. Sainani Primer of Cardiac Diagnosis xiii. 91 The fibrillary contractions of the atrium are small and not co-ordinated.
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