"fibrilla" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fʌɪˈbrɪlə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: fibrillae [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlə Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fibrilla, diminutive of Latin fibra + -illa. Doublet of fibril. Compare fibre. By surface analysis, fibre + Latin -illa. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|fibrilla}} Borrowed from Latin fibrilla, {{lg|diminutive}} diminutive, {{der|en|la|fibra}} Latin fibra, {{suf|la||-illa}} + -illa, {{doublet|en|fibril}} Doublet of fibril, {{surf|en|fibre|la:-illa}} By surface analysis, fibre + Latin -illa Head templates: {{en-noun|fibrillae}} fibrilla (plural fibrillae)
  1. (archaic) Synonym of fibril (“a fine fibre or filament”). Tags: archaic Synonyms: fibril [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: fibrillation

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