Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Fibril

Fi″bril (?), n. [F. fibrille, dim. of fibre, L. fibra.] A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla. Cheyne.

1190

Fibrilla

‖Fi‐bril″la (?), n.; pl.FibrillÆ (#). [NL. See Fibril.] A minute thread or fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a muscular fiber; a fibril.

1191

Fibrillar

Fi″bril‐lar (?), a. Of or pertaining to fibrils or fibers; as, fibrillar twitchings.

1192

Fibrillary

Fi″bril‐la‐ry (? or?), a. Of of pertaining to fibrils.

1193

Fibrillated

Fi″bril‐la′ted (? or?), a. Furnished with fibrils; fringed.

1194

Fibrillation

Fi′bril‐la″tion (?), n. The state of being reduced to fibers. Carpenter.

1195

Fibrillose

Fi‐bril″lose (? or?), a. Covered with hairlike appendages, as the under surface of some lichens; also, composed of little strings or fibers; as, fibrillose appendages.

1196

Fibrillous

Fi‐bril″lous (? or?), a. [Cf. F. fibraleux.] Pertaining to, or composed of, fibers.

1197

Fibrin

Fi″brin (?), n. [Cf. F. fibrine. See Fiber.] (Physiol. Chem.) 1. A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood either by decomposition of fibrin...

1198

Fibrination

Fi′bri‐na″tion (?), n.(Med.) The state of acquiring or having an excess of fibrin.

1199

Fibrine

Fi″brine (?), a. Belonging to the fibers of plants.

1200

Fibrinogen

Fi‐brin″o‐gen (?), n. [Fibrin + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminous substance existing in the blood, and in other animal fluids, which either alone or with fibrinoplastin or p...

1201

Fibrinogenous

Fi′bri‐nog″e‐nous (?), a.(Physiol. Chem.) Possessed of properties similar to fibrinogen; capable of forming fibrin.

1202

Fibrinoplastic

Fi′bri‐no‐plas″tic (?), a.(Physiol.Chem.) Like fibrinoplastin; capable of forming fibrin when brought in contact with fibrinogen.

1203

Fibrinoplastin

Fi′bri‐no‐plas″tin (?), n. [Fibrin + Gr. � to form, mold.] (Physiol.Chem.) An albuminous substance, existing in the blood, which in combination with fibrinogen forms fibrin; — c...

1204

Fibrinous

Fi″bri‐nous (? or?; 277), a. Having, or partaking of the properties of, fibrin; as, fibrious exudation.

1205

Fibrocartilage

Fi′bro‐car″ti‐lage (?), n. [L. fibra a fiber + E. cartilage.] (Anat.) A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure. — Fi′bro‐...

1206

Fibrochondrosteal

Fi′bro‐chon‐dros″te‐al (?), a. [L. fibra a fiber + gr. � cartilage + � bone.] (Anat.) Partly fibrous, partly cartilaginous, and partly osseous. St. George Mivart.

1207

Fibroid

Fi″broid (?), a. [L. fibra a fiber + -oid.] (Med.) Resembling or forming fibrous tissue; made up of fibers; as, fibroid tumors. — n. A fibroid tumor; a fibroma.Fibroid degenerat...

1208

Fibroin

Fi″bro‐in (? or?), n. [L. fibra a fiber.] (Chem.) A variety of gelatin; the chief ingredient of raw silk, extracted as a white amorphous mass.

1209

Fibrolite

Fi″bro‐lite (? or?), n. [L. fibra a fiber + -lite: cf. F. fibrolithe.] (Min.) A silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure. It is like andalusite in composition; — ca...

1210

Fibroma

‖Fi‐bro″ma (?), n. [NL. See Fiber, and -oma.] (Med.) A tumor consisting mainly of fibrous tissue, or of same modification of such tissue.

1211

Fibrospongiæ

‖Fi′bro‐spon″gi‐æ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fibra a fiber + spongia a sponge.] (Zoöl.) An order of sponges having a fibrous skeleton, including the commercial sponges.

1212

Fibrous

Fi″brous (?), a. [Cf. F. fibreux.] Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses. — Fi″brous‐ness, n.

1213

Fibrovascular

Fi′bro‐vas″cu‐lar (?), a. [L. fibra a fiber + E. vascular.] (Bot.) Containing woody fiber and ducts, as the stems of all flowering plants and ferns; — opposed to cellular.

1214

Fibster

Fib″ster (?), n. One who tells fibs.

1215

Fibula

‖Fib″u‐la (fĭb″ū̍‐lȧ), n.; pl.FibulÆ (#). 1. A brooch, clasp, or buckle.Mere fibulæ, without a robe to clasp. Wordsworth.2. (Anat.) The outer and usually the smaller of the two ...