fibrillary


fi·bril

F0100500 (fī′brəl, fĭb′rəl)n.1. A small slender fiber or filament.2. Anatomy A threadlike fiber or filament, such as a myofibril or neurofibril, that is a constituent of a cell or larger structure.3. A long strand of proteins that are aggregated together in a beta-sheet structure; an amyloid fibril.
[New Latin fibrilla, diminutive of Latin fibra, fiber.]
fi′bril·lar (-lər), fi′bril·lar′y (-lĕr′ē) adj.fi′bril·lose′ (-lōs′) adj.

fibrillary

(ˈfaɪbrɪlərɪ) adj1. exhibiting fibrillation2. another word for fibrilar
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