Medical term:
fibrils
fibril
[fi´bril]a minute fiber or filament. adj., adj fi´brillar, fi´brillary.
collagen f's delicate fibrils of collagen in connective tissue, composed of molecules of tropocollagen in linear array. In Type I collagen, the most common type, the tropocollagen molecules are associated in periodic, staggered arrays that give the appearance of cross-banding, forming unit fibrils; these unit fibrils are aggregated in bundles to form larger fibrils, with longitudinal striations, which may themselves be aggregated into fibers.
muscle fibril myofibril.
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fi·bril
(fī'bril),A minute fiber or component of a fiber.
Synonym(s): fibrilla
[Mod. L. fibrilla]
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fibril
(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.
fi′bril·lar (-lər), fi′bril·lar′y (-lĕr′ē) adj.
fi′bril·lose′ (-lōs′) adj.
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fi·bril
(fī'bril)A minute fiber or component of a fiber.
Synonym(s): fibrilla.
Synonym(s): fibrilla.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
fibril
A fine, slender fibre.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
fibril
a small FIBRE.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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