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fibrillins

fibrillins is the plural of fibrillin.

Meaning of fibrillin

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

Questions about fibrillins

What is fibrillins the plural of?
Fibrillins is the plural of fibrillin.

Words near fibrillins in the dictionary

  1. fibrilliform
  2. fibrillin
  3. fibrillinogenesis
  4. fibrillinopathies
  5. fibrillinopathy
  6. fibrillins
  7. fibrillisation
  8. fibrillise
  9. fibrillised
  10. fibrillises
  11. fibrillising

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