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fimbriæ

fimbriæ is the plural of fimbria.

Meaning of fimbria

Noun

fimbria (plural fimbriae or fimbriæ)

  1. (plural-normally) An individual thread in a fimbria, especially a fingerlike projection around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube.
    • When a follicle is mature, the egg within it bursts out of the ovary, and the Fallopian tube's fingerlike fimbria reach out and grab it.
  2. A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria; used by the bacteria to adhere to one another, to animal cells and to some inanimate objects.
    Synonyms:
    pilus

Questions about fimbriæ

What is fimbriæ the plural of?
Fimbriæ is the plural of fimbria.

Words near fimbriæ in the dictionary

  1. fimbrillins
  2. fimbrin
  3. fimbrins
  4. fimbriome
  5. fimbriomes
  6. fimbriæ
  7. fimbry
  8. Fimbulwinter
  9. fimetarious
  10. fimetic
  11. fimicolous

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