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fibrillin

fibrillin noun: a glycoprotein present in human skin, necessary for forming the elastic fibres in connective tissue.

Noun

fibrillin (countable and uncountable, plural fibrillins)

  1. A glycoprotein present in human skin, necessary for forming the elastic fibres in connective tissue.
    • Skin ageing, mostly caused by the effects of sun, he explained, is a result of damage between the epidermis and the dermis caused when a protein called fibrillin disappears.2007 May 3, The Guardian, page 3

Forms of fibrillin

pluralfibrillins

Origin of fibrillin

From fibril + -in.

Words formed from fibrillin

Questions about fibrillin

What does fibrillin mean?
Fibrillin means a glycoprotein present in human skin, necessary for forming the elastic fibres in connective tissue.
What part of speech is fibrillin?
Fibrillin is a noun.
What is the plural of fibrillin?
The plural of fibrillin is fibrillins.

Words near fibrillin in the dictionary

  1. fibrillatory
  2. fibrilled
  3. fibrilliary
  4. fibrilliferous
  5. fibrilliform
  6. fibrillin
  7. fibrillinogenesis
  8. fibrillinopathies
  9. fibrillinopathy
  10. fibrillins
  11. fibrillisation

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