Definition of fibril

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Fibril (n.) A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla.

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Fibrillous :: Fibrillous (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, fibers..
Fibrillar :: Fibrillar (a.) Of or pertaining to fibrils or fibers; as, fibrillar twitchings..
Fibrillose :: Fibrillose (a.) Covered with hairlike appendages, as the under surface of some lichens; also, composed of little strings or fibers; as, fibrillose appendages..
Fibrillary :: Fibrillary (a.) Of of pertaining to fibrils.
Retinophora :: Retinophora (n.) One of group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and contain the terminal nerve fibrillae. See Illust. under Ommatidium..
Fibrilla :: Fibrilla (n.) A minute thread of fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a muscular fiber; a fibril..
Karyokinesis :: Karyokinesis (n.) The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils; -- opposed to karyostenosis. The nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally the threads are separated into two groups which ultimately become disconnected and constitute the daughter nuclei. Called also mitosis. See Cell development, under Cell..
Fibrillation :: Fibrillation (n.) The state of being reduced to fibers.
Fibril :: Fibril (n.) A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla.
Fibrillae :: FibrillAe (pl. ) of Fibrill.
Intranuclear :: Intranuclear (a.) Within the nucleus of a cell; as. the intranuclear network of fibrils, seen in the first stages of karyokinesis..
Fibrillated :: Fibrillated (a.) Furnished with fibrils; fringed.
Nuclear :: Nuclear (a.) Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle (see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, etc..
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