"fibril" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /faɪbɹ(ə)l/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fibril.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fibrils [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fibrilla, diminutive of Latin fibra. Doublet of fibrilla. Compare fibre. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|la|fibrilla|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin fibrilla, {{bor+|en|la|fibrilla}} Borrowed from Latin fibrilla, {{glink|diminutive}} diminutive, {{der|en|la|fibra}} Latin fibra, {{doublet|en|fibrilla}} Doublet of fibrilla, {{m|en|fibre}} fibre Head templates: {{en-noun}} fibril (plural fibrils)
  1. A fine fibre or filament. Translations (fine fibre or filament): fibril (Dutch), fibrille [feminine] (French), fibrill [masculine] (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-fibril-en-noun-8q6GjxTG Disambiguation of 'fine fibre or filament': 93 7
  2. (biology) Any fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants. Categories (topical): Biology Translations (fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants): fibrille [feminine] (French), ινίδιο (inídio) [neuter] (Greek), fibrill [masculine] (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-fibril-en-noun-H1b2fswR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fibrillar, fibrilliform, interfibrillar, macrofibril, microfibril

Inflected forms

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