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—neurofibrillar, neurofibrillary, adj./noor'euh fuy"breuhl, -fib"reuhl, nyoor'-/, n. Anat.a fibril of a nerve cell.[1895-1900; NEURO- + FIBRIL]
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neurofibril — [noor΄ōfī′brəl, nyoor΄fī′brəl] n. a fibril comprising part of a nerve cell neurofibrillary [no͞o΄rō fī′bril er ē, nyo͞o΄rōfī′brə ler΄ē] adj … English World dictionary
neurofibril — noun Etymology: New Latin neurofibrilla, from neur + fibrilla fibril Date: 1898 a fine proteinaceous fibril that is found in cytoplasm (as of a neuron or a paramecium) and is capable of conducting excitation • neurofibrillary adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
neurofibril — noun Any of a group of microscopic fibrils through the body of a neuron that extend into the axon and dendrites … Wiktionary
neurofibril — A filamentous structure seen with the light microscope in the nerve cell s body, dendrites, axon, and sometimes synaptic endings, as aggregations of much finer ultramicroscopic elements, the neurofilaments and microtubules; their functional… … Medical dictionary
neurofibril·la — neu|ro|fi|bril|·la Mot Pla Nom femení … Diccionari Català-Català
neurofibril — n. fibril of a nerve cell (Anatomy) … English contemporary dictionary
neurofibril — [ˌnjʊərə(ʊ) fʌɪbrɪl] noun Anatomy a fibril in the cytoplasm of a nerve cell. Derivatives neurofibrillary adjective … English new terms dictionary
neurofibril — neu·ro·fibril … English syllables
neurofibril — n. one of the microscopic threads of cytoplasm found in the cell body of a neurone and also in the axoplasm of peripheral nerves … The new mediacal dictionary
neurofibril — neu•ro•fi•bril [[t]ˌnʊər əˈfaɪ brəl, ˈfɪb rəl, ˌnyʊər [/t]] n. anat. a fibril of a nerve cell • Etymology: 1895–1900 neu ro•fi′bril•lar, neu ro•fi′bril•lar′y, adj … From formal English to slang
