fimbrian.
/ˈfɪmbrɪə/ A fringe: spec. (a) Anatomy the fringed end of the Fallopian tube; (b) Botany (see quot. 1847).
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1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 304 There runs all round the sides of the fish a kind of fimbria.
1754–64 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery 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.
1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Fimbria, in Botany, the dentated or fringe-like ring of the operculum of mosses, by the elastic power of which the operculum is displaced.
1872 T. G. Thomas Pract. Treat. Dis. Women (ed. 3) 625 The Fallopian tube of each side is connected with the ovary by one fimbria.
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