fibril

fibril
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, equiv. to L fibr(a) fiber + -illa dim. suffix]

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