fine fibril
1Fibril — is a fine fiber approximately 1 nm in diameter.Cytoplasmic fibrils are observed on the protoplasmic cylinders found in most spirochetal species, although no function of the cytoplasmic fibrils has been ascribed.Polysaccharides, the union of… …
2fibril — noun a) A fine fibre or filament b) Any fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants …
3Fibril — The diminutive of fiber. A small fiber, a fine thread. * * * A minute fiber or component of a fiber. SYN: fibrilla. [Mod. L. fibrilla] anchoring fibrils collagen fibrils that insert in to the basal lamina of the epidermis and bind it down to the… …
4fibril — noun Etymology: New Latin fibrilla, diminutive of Latin fibra Date: 1664 a small filament or fiber: as a. root hair b. (1) one of the fine threads into which a striated muscle fiber can be longitudinally split (2) neurofibril • fibrillar… …
5fibril — fibrillar, adj. fibrillose, adj. /fuy breuhl, fib reuhl/, n. 1. a small or fine fiber or filament. 2. Bot. any of the delicate hairs on the young roots of some plants. 3. Cell Biol. any threadlike structure or filament. [1655 65; < NL fibrilla,… …
6fibril — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A very fine continuous strand: fiber, filament, thread. See THING …
7fibril — fi•bril [[t]ˈfaɪ brəl, ˈfɪb rəl[/t]] n. 1) a small or fine fiber or threadlike structure 2) bot root hair • Etymology: 1655–65; < NL < fibrilla < L fibra fiber fi′bril•lar, adj. fi′bril•lose , adj …
8fibril — /ˈfaɪbrəl/ (say fuybruhl), /ˈfɪb / (say fib ) noun a small or fine fibre. {New Latin fibrilla, diminutive of Latin fibra fibre} …
9microfibril — A very small fibril having an average diameter of 13 nm; it may be a bundle of still smaller elements, the microfilaments. * * * mi·cro·fi·bril fīb rəl, fib n an extremely fine fibril mi·cro·fi·bril·lar rə lər adj * * * mi·cro·fi·bril… …
10microfibril — noun Date: 1938 a fine fibril; especially one of the submicroscopic elongated bundles of cellulose of a plant cell wall • microfibrillar adjective …
