Definition of fibril Fibril
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We found 5 definitions of fibril from 4 different sources.
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What does fibril mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: fibrils |
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| fibril - a very slender natural or synthetic fiber | ||
| filament, strand | ||
| fibre, fiber a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth | ||
| barb one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather | ||
| gossamer, cobweb a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture | ||
| chromatid one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis | ||
| myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber | ||
| rhizoid any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc | ||
| hypha any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus | ||
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Wiktionary 
- fibril (Noun)
A fine fibre or filament. - fibril (Noun)
Any fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fibril (n.)
A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla.
Part of speech
🔤- fibril, noun, singular of fibrils.
