"fibril" meaning in English

See fibril in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfaɪbɹ(ə)l/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fibril.wav Forms: fibrils [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fibrilla, diminutive of Latin fibra. Doublet of fibrilla. Compare fibre. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|fibrilla}} Borrowed from Latin fibrilla, {{lg|diminutive}} diminutive, {{der|en|la|fibra}} Latin fibra, {{doublet|en|fibrilla}} Doublet of fibrilla Head templates: {{en-noun}} fibril (plural fibrils)
  1. A fine fibre or filament. Translations (fine fibre or filament): fibril·la [feminine] (Catalan), 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. Translations (fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants): fibril·la [feminine] (Catalan), fibrille [feminine] (French), Fäserchen [neuter] (German), ινίδιο (inídio) [neuter] (Greek), fibrill [masculine] (Norwegian), fibrilla [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fibril-en-noun-H1b2fswR Categories (other): Biology, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 93 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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